Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates

<p><b>Q. Why are there almost as many jokes about death as there are about sex? </b></p><b> A. Because they both scare the pants off us. </b> <p/> Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein first made a name for themselves with the outrageously funny <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar...</i>. Now they turn their attention to the Big D and share the timeless wisdom of the great philosophers theologians psychotherapists and wiseguys. From angels to zombies and everything in between Cathcart and Klein offer a fearless and irreverent history of how we approach death why we embrace life and whether there really is a hereafter. As hilarious as it is enlightening <i>Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates</i> is a must-read for anyone and everyone who ever expects to die. <p/>And now you can read Daniel Klein's further musings on life and philosophy in <i>Travels with Epicurus</i> and <i>Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life They Change it</i>.