An Honest Look at Death

Our culture is obsessed with death. Just look at some of the top podcasts in the U.S., or the proliferation of crime-focused TV shows, or even what populates the pages of our news sites. Sex may sell, but death, in all its gory detail, captivates.

Despite this fixation, do we ever take a moment to consider our own death and what that means for the life we’re currently living? Victor M. Sweeney has. In fact, he wrote a book about it. He and Death, it turns out, shake hands on a daily basis.