Death of an Ordinary Man

Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards, an unflinching and profoundly moving account of caring until death, from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Sarah Perry's father-in-law David died in the autumn of 2022, only nine days after a cancer diagnosis. He was in some ways a very ordinary man- he loved stamp collecting, fish and chips, comic novels and his local church. Yet as Sarah and her husband Robert nursed David through his final days, they realised how extraordinary he really was.

This loving, clear-eyed and unforgettable book shows how death may be met and understood as a part of life - a universal experience that is terrible and beautiful, intimate and real, sometimes all at once.