Stiff is assuredly one of the strangest works of nonfiction you shall ever have the fortune of reading. Delightful, disgusting, jaw-dropping and charmingly concise, this is Ms. Roach's adventures in the world of cadavers: their study, their uses, their numbers, their habits. She watches them used in crash tests and in practice sessions for doctors, all while recounting the history of the cadaver and the invaluable role it has played in the advancement of science and the human anatomy. If you are easily disgusted or offended, this is not the book for you. But anyone else with a curiosity about this most bizarre aspect of medical science, read on. I dare you not to snicker, even once. (3/5 Stars)
Thursday 24 March 2011
Stiff by Mary Roach
Stiff is assuredly one of the strangest works of nonfiction you shall ever have the fortune of reading. Delightful, disgusting, jaw-dropping and charmingly concise, this is Ms. Roach's adventures in the world of cadavers: their study, their uses, their numbers, their habits. She watches them used in crash tests and in practice sessions for doctors, all while recounting the history of the cadaver and the invaluable role it has played in the advancement of science and the human anatomy. If you are easily disgusted or offended, this is not the book for you. But anyone else with a curiosity about this most bizarre aspect of medical science, read on. I dare you not to snicker, even once. (3/5 Stars)
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