The Truth about Death: And Other Stories

by Robert Hellenga

Book Overview

The Truth About Death," the title novella of this virtuosic collection, is a masterpiece of sardonic humor that confronts Death head on and emerges bloody but unbowed. Simon, an undertaker, embalms his own father and faces his own death. Louisa, Simon's mother, makes peace with her husband over his dead body in a cooler in the basement of the funeral home. Simon contemplates the mystery of death over a plate of spaghetti cacio e pepe in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632862913
• ISBN13: 9781632862914
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"