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After a near fatal stroke in 1995, Robert McCrum has gained an intimate understanding of his own mortality. Twenty-two years on, his friends have joined him in experiencing Prospero’s ‘every third thought’ of death as a dominating theme of life. McCrum asks: can we make peace with what Freud calls ‘the necessity of dying’? Searching for answers leads him to brain surgeons, psychologists, cancer patients and writers for advice and wisdom. For anyone preoccupied by living in the lengthening shadow of mortality, Every Third Thought is an enthralling guide and companion.
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"“Beautifully contemplative account of what it means to be dying, as we all are, in the midst of life....[McCrum's] book is a deep and engaged set of questions and ruminations.” NEW STATESMAN “Marvellous…McCrum's book shows us that we should grab all the living moments and live in them, while we are here.” SCOTSMAN"
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