"We are always reluctant to think about our own death but one way of being able to do so is through the experience of eloquent others. David Ellis's fascinating account of the last days of D.H. Lawrence, and of the sometimes bizarre events which followed his death, makes for compelling reading." "The book includes thoughtful and often grimly humorous reflections on what it is like to have a disease for which there is no cure, the appeal of alternative medicine, the temptation of suicide for the terminally ill, the diminishing role of religion in modern life, the institution of famous last words, and the consequences of dying interstate." "Lawrence is the main focus throughout but there are extended references to Keats, Katherine Mansfield, Kafka, Chekhov and George Orwell and other famous literary consumptives."--Jacket.