The brief history of the dead

Kevin Brockmeier

earliest edition we have, 2006 Thorndike Press, 2006 400 pages

Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice

A virus kills everyone on Earth but a woman wildlife researcher in Antarctica. Many of the dead find themselves enjoying a second life in "The City" but only as long as the last woman on Earth remembers them, or survives.

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Editions we hold

Brief History of the Dead edition · 2011 · Hodder & Stoughton · 300 pages · 9781848546318
The brief history of the dead edition · 2007 · John Murray · 252 pages · 9780719568305
The brief history of the dead edition · 2006 · John Murray · 252 pages · 9780719568183
The brief history of the dead edition · 2006 · Howes · 325 pages · 9781846324192
The Brief History of the Dead audiobook · 2006 · Recorded Books, Inc. · 9781419371691
The brief history of the dead edition · 2006 · Thorndike Press · 400 pages · 9780786287536

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