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The Quick and the Dead

True stories of life and death from a New Zealand pathologist

From the number-one bestselling author of The Cause of Death comes a book about the unlikely, extraordinary, obscure and often tragic ways humans meet their end.

A dead body without a trace of trauma; alien parasites; worms of the brain; crocodile attacks and bizarre eating disorders ... In The Quick and the Dead, pathologist Dr Cynric Temple-Camp takes readers into a world of disease and death as he seeks answers for those who were unlucky, and those still alive to tell the tale.


Author:

  • Cynric Temple-Camp

Narrator:

  • Mark Davis

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 10 h 48 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • True stories
  • True crime
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Society
  • Warfare
  • Crime and criminology
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Psychology

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    Cynric Temple-Camp

    Originally from South Africa, pathologist Dr Temple-Camp spent the early part of his career in war-torn Rhodesia examining the dead and dying. He came to New Zealand in the 1970s and has since worked on over 2000 cases. He is the author of two books, The Cause of Death and The Quick and the Dead - both bestsellers.

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