Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing

The third book in Charles Bowden’s “accidental trilogy” that began with Blood Orchid and Blues for Cannibals , Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing attempts to resolve the overarching question: “How can a person live a moral life in a culture of death?” As humanity moves further into the twenty-first century, Bowden continues to interrogate our roles in creating the ravaged landscapes and accumulated death that still surround us, as well as his own childhood isolation, his lust for alcohol and w