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Old 03-04-2010, 11:01 AM   #76
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OMG! I just checked out the Google Books preview of Stiffs. I'm not sure I could read that one. The first chapter starts out talking about fresh severed heads sitting in roasting pans to catch the drippings. It seems like you would need a real morbid curiousity to read the whole thing.

http://books.google.com/books?id=lDX...ce=gbs_ViewAPI
Trust me. It is more than readable, surprisingly not in the least disturbing and inappropriately funny... Mary Roach has a real talent. I have read her others as well but this is her best. I am waiting to see what catches her interest next.

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