Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Down Among the Dead Men
- A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician
- Narrated by: Liz Holliss
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£0.00 for first 30 days
Down Among the Dead Men
Buy Now for £12.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Summary
Michelle Williams, an attractive young woman with close family ties and an active social life, describes her first extraordinary year in her unusual new job as a mortuary technician. It’s a year in which, with innate good humour, she encounters death at its most tragic, bizarre, and hilarious. Her tale, neither gruesome nor sad, is enlivened by a range of colourful and eccentric characters, from pathologists and coroners to hospital porters and undertakers, giving us a glimpse of life - and death - that few of us will ever experience.
Listeners also enjoyed...
What listeners say about Down Among the Dead Men
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- JULESK
- 22-07-24
Very interesting book
I enjoyed it so much I would love a book two. The narrator was very good a most pleasant story I did not want in to end .
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Angel-A
- 16-07-12
Well Read, would Recommend
This audio was very informative and very well read by a Brit, most enjoyable, humerous and quite sad in parts but then so is life, and death!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Beck
- 05-05-24
Loved every second of it
I’m in retail at the moment but would loveeee to be a pathologist, technician, mortician or even paramedic. So listening/reading books about it is amazing and this really did have me hooked. I’ve even thought about being a porter since this book as their good words about the ones that care. Was sad to see the authors didn’t have any other books out or at least not in audibles library.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Lisa Speck
- 27-09-19
Love it
Love this book have read hard copy 10+times and now have it on audio even better
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Arthur
- 09-08-12
Strange But Excellent Read
My curiosity got the better of me when I purchased this book, and I'm so glad it did. What a fantastic and strangely inspirational read. I thoroughly reccomend this book.
Arthur. Australia
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- "nodshred"
- 28-07-21
Interesting subject.
Really enjoyed this audiobook. interesting characters and subject matter. Well written and narrated, can recommended.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- TClews
- 17-01-18
10/10 I would recommend this to all my friends.
An interesting and informative listen that I very much enjoyed. A good amount of Gallows humour, wit, heart and interesting titbits of knowledge regarding the trade.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Yvette
- 03-01-18
Fascinating!
I was hooked right from the beginning... It is a real insight into a very delicate subject.
If you like to take a ride into someone else's life, this comes recommended
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 07-04-24
Great title
Written with an unapologetic honesty, humour and respect this book has been an interesting journey and insight into the other side of life. Highly recommend.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Andrea
- 16-09-12
Fascinating, poignant and informative
A great insight into the little-known world of the mortuary technician and all that it entails. This book describes in detail the gory side of life in a mortuary, but also the human side. I enjoyed it as it was a written from a female perspective in a male-dominated world without being over sensitive. It says it like it is! Very thought-provoking and sad at times, but by no means a depressing book in my humble opinion. It answered the curiousity I have had about autopsies and what goes on after death.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful