Like all poets, inspired by death, Lynch is, unlike others, also hired to bury the dead or cremate them and to tend to their families in a small Michigan town where he serves as the funeral director. These are essays of rare elegance and grace, full of fierce compassion and rich in humour and humanity - lessons taught to the living by the dead.

Binding: Paperback;256 pages; Publisher: Vintage Publishing; Classification: Biography: general; Weight: 306 g; Dimensions: 198 x 134 x 16

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