- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; illustrated edition edition (16 Oct 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340861630
- ISBN-13: 978-0340861639
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 588,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The author, head of one of Britain's largest firms of funeral directors, takes readers on a tour of the many traditions and practices associated with death from around the world, lifting the lid on the gruesome, the tragic, the hilarious and the mysterious secrets of the business of death.
About the Author
Barry Albin-Dyer owns F. A. Albin & Sons in Bermondsey, South London, one of Britain's largest and oldest family firms of funeral directors. He is now one of the UK's best-known undertakers and is consulted on and conducts some of the most high-profile funerals in the country. He is also the sole European agent for Detroit's controversial Cryonics Institute.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Death all around the world,
This review is from: Final Departures: Weird and Wonderful Ways of Dying Around the World (Paperback)
If you have read Don't Drop the Coffin, then this is a must. Mr Albin-Dyer takes you on a whistle stop tour of the world and introduces you to different religions and their traditions when it comes to saying goodbye to their loved ones. He also adds little anecdotes of life in his funeral business in South London. He also writes about famous people and what happened just after they passed away.This is another great book by Mr Albin-Dyer, a must for everyone who read and loved Don't Drop the Coffin.
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Not goulish at all,
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This review is from: Final Departures (Paperback)
Having watched the tv series based on the first book (Don't Drop The Coffin) I had been searching for these books (there is 4 in total) for ages & when I found them on Amazon & at such a great price was delighted. They are very informative as well as being very amusing & after reading the author is the kind of person you would want as a friend, I would definitely recommend this.
2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not that interesting,
By margaret (Reading) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Final Departures: Around the World with Britain's Most Remarkable Undertaker (Paperback)
This book sounded quite interesting, but it turned out to be pretty mediocre, although there was a couple of interesting things I learned. But I was expecting something different to what I read.
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