A review by smesnake
Being Dead by Jim Crace

2.0

I enjoyed the descriptions of the stages of putrefaction, some of the biology and zoology woven in, but not much else. While the story itself may be an "unsentimental" look at the evolution of a relationship, Crace's language and descriptions seem to lean more towards the overly sentimental to me. Ultimately, I was just trying to slog through it...