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Bloomsbury presents All the Living and the Dead written and read by Hayley Campbell

A gentle book and like death itself sometimes an unexpectedly kind one Neil Gaiman

This is an absorbing and important book seeking out stories so many shy away from and telling them with such respect humanity heart and yes wit Without exaggeration an aweinspiring achievement Nigella Lawson

We are surrounded by death It is in our news our nursery rhymes our truecrime podcasts Yet from a young age we are told that death is something to be feared How are we supposed to know what were so afraid of when we are never given the chance to look

Fuelled by a childhood fascination with death journalist Hayley Campbell searches for answers in the people who make a living by working with the dead Along the way she encounters mass fatality investigators embalmers and a former executioner who is responsible for ending 62 lives She meets gravediggers who have already dug their own graves visits a cryonics facility in Michigan goes for latenight Chinese with a detective and questions a man whose job it is to make crime scenes disappear

Through Campbells incisive and candid interviews with these people who see death every day she asks Why would someone choose this kind of life Does it change you as a person And are we missing something vital by letting death remain hidden

A dazzling work of cultural criticism All the Living and the Dead weaves together reportage with memoir history and philosophy to offer readers a fascinating look into the psychology of Western death

Campbell is a gorgeous writer capturing the exquisite pathos and gallows humour found in folks who spend their lives working with the dead Caitlin Doughty New York Times bestselling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes