# The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead

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- Authors: [David Shields](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-shields)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0738-796-7
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2009-02-10
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers, a book that expertly...