LONGLISTED FOR THE MARK & EVETTE MORAN NIB LITERARY AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE WALKLEY BOOK AWARD‘Donating our bodies for dissection to assist in teaching the next generation of doctors gives a worthwhile perspective on the altruism that in retrospect defines some among us, including Dent's grandparents. The Great Dead Body Teachers entertains, educates and generates much that is worthy of contemplation.’ –The Journal of Law and Medicine

An adventure into the world of anatomy and dissection.Since I was a child, I’ve been interested in dead bodies. When I was eight years old, I dug up the remains of my pet budgie Zazbut. He had been buried for about eight weeks in a patch of grass outside our house in Dasmarinas, a fortified village in Manila, in the Philippines.‘The first exhumation was the beginning of my intrigue with death, which has persisted. As a journalist, I’ve written about graveyards, funerals and ...