This is an excellent book if you want to learn about human cadavers or are interested in becoming one. If you know the history of cadavers (body snatchers, etc.) then the first couple of chapters may be a bore, but it really picks up from there. The tone is also pretty light considering the subject matter. Mary keeps a nice balance between serious, informative, and funny.

This book was written in 2003, so it'd be interesting to see how much science and the technology/techniques mentioned in this book have changed over the almost 20 years since this was published.

I will be reading more Mary Roach as her books seem fun and informative (there's even one about when animals break the law)!