Mary Roach is a journalist. She has written for Salon, Wired, GQ, Discover, Vogue and the New York Times Magazine. This is her first book.
[A] mordantly witty history of the scientific contributions made by
the no-longer-living.
[Roach's] knack for detailed research and loose Dave Barry-ish
style makes "Stiff" a leisurely and enjoyable read.--Tom Westin
(05/11/2003)
[Roach] artfully and humorously unwraps the mystery of the dead
body....an interesting and informative read.--Deborah Love
(09/21/2003)
[Roach] has written a curiously funny, touching and respectful
study.--Nancy Summers (08/17/2003)
[Roach] manages to make material that normally comes with a warning
for the faint-hearted somehow light-hearted.--Jill Wolfson
(04/27/2003)
A fascinating book and, once you pick it up, you won't likely put
it down.--William R Wineke (09/14/2003)
A joy to read....this is wonderful stuff.--Tim Redmond
(05/28/2003)
A laugh-out-loud funny book....one of those wonderful books that
offers enlightenment in the guise of entertainment.
A quick and compelling, if slightly uneasy, read.--Justin Bauer
(06/26/2003)
A very funny book....full of surprises.--Craig McLaughlin
(07/27/2003)
Acutely entertaining, morbidly fascinating.
An informative, gently funny but never irreverent look at the
various uses society makes of the dead.--Tom Pantera
(06/01/2003)
An unflinching, often hilarious cultural history.--Erica C Barnett
(10/30/2003)
As fascinating as it is funny.... The research is admirable, the
anecdotes carefully chosen, and the prose lively; and they combine
to produce a book that everyone in the health care field should
"have" to read, and everyone else will want to.--Caleb Carr, author
of The Alienist
As informative and respectful as it is irreverent and
witty....Impossible to put down.
As weird as the book gets, Roach manages to convey a sense of
respect and appreciation for her subjects.
Bizarrely entertaining.--Susan Ellis (08/14/2003)
Bring[s] alive a subject that has the potential to be deadly
dull.--Steve Fiffer (06/29/2003)
Delightful....authoritative, endlessly curious and drolly
funny.--Adam Wong (05/11/2003)
Despite the irreverent, macabre title, this is a respectful and
serious examination of what happens to cadavers, past and
present.--Michael D Cramer (03/01/2003)
Droll, dark, and quite wise, Stiff makes being dead funny and
fascinating and weirdly appealing.--Susan Orlean
Every detail is fascinating.--Henry Kisor (04/13/2003)
Every page fairly drips with dark humor.--Matt Palmquist
(04/30/2003)
Expect the insightful with the hilarious.--Bridget Kinsella
(05/05/2003)
Fascinating and oddly fun.
Fascinating, unexpectedly fresh and funny look at the multiplicity
of ways in which cadavers benefit the living.... entertaining,
absolutely.
Genuinely funny and destined to be a classic read.--Donald A
Collins (06/01/2003)
Her morbid subject perverse, unsettling and voyeuristic makes her
book hard to put down.--Dean Narcisco (05/27/2003)
It's a rare talent that can make people want to throw up and laugh
at the same time.--Roy Rivenberg (07/03/2003)
Lively and quirky....the writer's style is genuinely warm...she has
a keen eye for observation of unique and ironic details.--Michael
Jaffee (06/01/2003)
Mary Roach is an extremely funny science writer--Laurence A
Marschall
Our own instinctive discomfort with death provides fodder for
Roach's dry sense of humor throughout the book--Ana Marie Cox
(06/04/2003)
Outrageously funny, irreverent" but respectful....so delightfully
written, this book is difficult to put down.--Brian Richard Boylan
(05/11/2003)
Roach displays her metier in tangents about bizarre incendents in
pathological history.--Gilbert Taylor (03/15/2003)
Roach exhibits both a keen sense of humor and a sincere respect for
the dearly departed.
Roach is a masterful writer....Irreverent? Maybe a little.
Disrespectful? Emphatically no.--Lisa Parsons (06/19/2003)
Roach traces the use of the cadaver...and describes odd,
behind-the-scenes moments perfect to halt all discussion at
dinner.--T.D. Mobley-Martinez (06/12/2003)
Roach...goes into gruesome detail, but she also succeeds in not
making the subject at hand too morbid.--Kim Colton (05/21/2003)
Roach's conversational tone and her gallows humor bring her
subjects to life....Morbidly entertaining.--Alex Abramovich
(06/02/2003)
Roach's deliberate carefulness diminishes the topic's gore and sets
a comfortable, comic tone that finds solace in its own oddity.--Tom
Lynch (05/22/2003)
Roach's dry, irreverent wit makes for a delightful though never
disrespectful read.--Les Simpson (04/17/2003)
Surprisingly entertaining. Similar in tone to Bill Bryson's travel
books, Roach manages to be humorous yet respectful.--Rick Mathis
(08/03/2003)
The numerous tidbits of information derived from the author's
travels and interviews make [this book] uniquely appealing.--Joseph
H Davis, MD (07/16/2003)
This bizarre tome will shock, disgust, intrigue and entertain you
all at the same time.--Mary Morrison (09/25/2003)
Though the cover...will draw many readers to this book, its deft
prose will keep them returning.--Fred Bortz (07/27/2003)
Well written, with a reader-friendly format.--Howard S Pitkow
Well-written and deadly funny.--Bruce Willey (06/19/2003)
What saves the subject matter from intolerable gruesomeness is
Roach. Her interest is genuine, despite her droll tone.--B.T. Shaw
(05/25/2003)
Whimsical, hysterical and terribly interesting.--Katy Human
(05/31/2003)
A joy to read....this is wonderful stuff. -- Tim Redmond
(05/28/2003)
A quick and compelling, if slightly uneasy, read. -- Justin Bauer
(06/26/2003)
A very funny book....full of surprises. -- Craig McLaughlin
(07/27/2003)
An unflinching, often hilarious cultural history. -- Erica C
Barnett (10/30/2003)
Bizarrely entertaining. -- Susan Ellis (08/14/2003)
Every detail is fascinating. -- Henry Kisor (04/13/2003)
Every page fairly drips with dark humor. -- Matt Palmquist
(04/30/2003)
Expect the insightful with the hilarious. -- Bridget Kinsella
(05/05/2003)
Her morbid subject-perverse, unsettling and voyeuristic-makes her
book hard to put down. -- Dean Narcisco (05/27/2003)
Mary Roach is an extremely funny science writer -- Laurence A
Marschall
Outrageously funny, irreverent"-but respectful....so delightfully
written, this book is difficult to put down. -- Brian Richard
Boylan (05/11/2003)
Well written, with a reader-friendly format. -- Howard S Pitkow
Well-written and deadly funny. -- Bruce Willey (06/19/2003)
Whimsical, hysterical and terribly interesting. -- Katy Human
(05/31/2003)
''As weird as the book gets, Roach manages to convey a sense of
respect and appreciation for her subjects."
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