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Edwin Murphy


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Nonfiction, History


Author Edwin Murphy is a Harvard grad and U.S. Treasury Department employee whose more conventional tomes include "Diodorus: On Egypt." In his book "After the Funeral," critics say: "He doesn't lose his head over material that might make you or me retch." As a Greek scholar, Murphy is well equipped to appreciate the tragicomic indignities that have visited the cadavers of some of Western culture’s most celebrated figures. ...more

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Average rating: 3.58 · 212 ratings · 30 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors
After the Funeral: The Post...
3.55 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions
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The Antiquities of Egypt: A...
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Principles of Eternal Optimism
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