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The Quick and the Dead

By: Cynric Temple-Camp
Narrated by: Mark Davis
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About this listen

True stories of life and death from a New Zealand pathologist

From the number one best-selling author of The Cause of Death comes an audiobook 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 and self-confessed death-aficionado Dr. Cynric Temple-Camp takes listeners into a world of disease and death as he seeks answers for those who were unlucky, and those still alive to tell the tale.

©2020 Cynric Temple-Camp (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Medical Murder Professionals & Academics True Crime Crime

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Great story, lot's of interesting details about pathothology, Zimbabwe, New Zealand and life!

Only annoying thing is the narrator did not research his pronounciations properly. There's Zimbos, Safas and Kiwis all round the world screaming out correct pronounciations of words, places and names

very interesting life experience

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the actual content of this audiobook was great. But the whole thing was just far too quiet.

Volume too low

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The book itself was fine but I wasn’t keen on the narrator. Requiciscat in pace? Surely Requiescat? It started to grate after a while.

Fascinating stories, uninspiring narration

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This was the third title I have listened to from this author and thoroughly enjoyed them all. They are really well written to tell the stories of the cases he was involved in throughout his career, and the narrators have been well selected also. I have listened to many audiobooks and find having a good narrator is just as important as the content of the book. If you are fascinated by pathology, I would highly recommend this book along with The Cause of Death and The Final Diagnosis. I have listened to several books written by pathologists/anthropologists and Cynric’s are among the best ones.

Love all Cynric Temple-Camp’s books!

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I absolutely loved this book!! I found it so fascinating and absolutely brilliantly written

one of the best

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A truly wonderful and enjoyable entertaining and fascinating book. In my top five favourite audio books.

Wonderful

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Really interesting stories and the narrator was so easy to listen to. Definitely worth a listen.

A great listen

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This book is a fantastic journey through the mysteries of our lives, bodies and human customs. Beautifully written with a lot of wisdom and compassion. A true jewel.

A fantastic journey with so much soul

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Great book from a knowledgeable pathologist. Narration is also good. Fascinating hearing the stories from Africa and New Zealand

Must read / listen

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If this is your sort of genre then I highly recommend this audio book.

Great listen

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