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“This Mortal Coil” is a surprisingly upbeat history of death
Andrew Doig’s study of how people die is a story of human ingenuity
This Mortal Coil. By Andrew Doig. Bloomsbury; 384 pages; £25
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “A thousand natural shocks”
Culture February 5th 2022
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