I started reading this for a book club, and now I realize I won't be able to attend the book club where this will be discussed, so I've abandoned it. I did read about half of it, and I found it quite interesting. The author admits a weird fascination with death, or at least dead bodies, and goes around investigating all the different aspects of the death industry. The parts I read included funeral directors, embalmers, crime scene cleaners, and executioners, among others. This isn't the first book I've read recently (or sort of recently) about this stuff -- in the novel The collected regrets of Clover, the title character is a "death doula," and I have also read a book similar to this one, by Caitlin Dloughy, who is a funeral director. So, I think I have this subject area covered. Since I can't go to the book club, I'm leaving this one for now and delving into my giant book pile.