Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife

Does the light just go out and that’s that – the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness, persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my laptop?”Mary Roach trains her considerable humour and curiosity on the human soul, seeking answers from a varied and fascinating crew of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die.Along the way she encounters electromagnetic hauntings, out-of-body experiences, ghosts and lawsuits: Mary Roach sifts and weighs the evidence in her hilarious, inimitable style.

Reviews of Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife

"* 'Surprising and highly enjoyable. Mary Roach is a wonderfully dry, funny, trustworthy tour guide.' – Jon Ronson * 'Very funny, and the dottier examples of human resistance to the idea of terminal mortality make fascinating reading.' – Salley Vickers, The Times * 'A perfect balance of objectivity and cynicism' – Herald"