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作       者:Kington, Miles

出  版  社:Newmarket Press

出版时间:2009-07-01

字       数:17.3万

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In this hilarious and moving book, popular English humorist Miles Kington faces cancer and death with his sparkling trademark wit, musing on everything from board games and yodeling to the prospect of being outlived by his dog.When some people are told they have only a few months to live, they might travel around the world or write their memoirs or put their affairs in order. When it happened at the age of 66 to Miles Kington-one of England's best-loved humorists-he did what he did best, offering sharp, wry, laugh-out-loud observations and ideas about his situation. Following his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, Kington proposes crazier and crazier ideas for his next book (what he calls "cashing in on cancer") in a series of letters to his literary agent, Gill.And what sort of things capture Kington's attention in his waning monthsThe sudden grimness of those 1,000 Places to See Before You Die books, for example. (What about 100 Things to Do Before You Die, Without Leaving Home?, he suggests. Instead of bungee jumping and whitewater rafting, learn to whistle with two fingers in your mouth, yodel, or steam open envelopes.) The irony that his dog, Berry, will probably outlive him, or the semi-outrageous idea of creating a funeral video:The answer is quite simple.Make a video in advance of my farewell speech, to be shown on a monitor, from the pulpit, or on a screen behind the stage, or wherever the best place would be.I have already visualised the opening shot.It is of me, smiling ruefully, and saying to camera: "Hello. I'm sorry I couldn't be here in person with you today."Mischievous and utterly original, Miles Kington's words in the face of death are memorable and surprisingly uplifting.
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Cover

Title Page

Table of Contents

Dedication

PART I - Facing the Mountain

A Good Idea

Cashing In on Cancer

A Conversation with My Doctor

1,000 Places to See Before You Die

Niagara Falls

A Hundred Things to Do Before You Die

Eleanor Bron and the Art of Mending a Puncture

Blackmail

Canal Bench

Cobblers and Cleft Palates

Weight Loss – 1

Weight Loss – 2

Cancer – IFAQs

Patron Saint

Clearing Out My Papers Prior to My Death

PART II - Crossing the Plateau

The Power of Self-Pity

Cancer – Who to Trust?

Geoffrey Dickinson – 1

Geoffrey Dickinson – 2

Farewell to a Dog

Famous Last Words

The Funeral Video – 1

The Funeral Video – 2

The Funeral Video – 3

The Man Who Had a Flower in His Teeth

Two Kinds of Books

The Language of Cancer

Policemen’s Games

Royalties

Board Games

PART III - The Descent

Tie-in Books

The Way You Look

Assassination – 1

Assassination – 2

Assassination – 3

Assassination – 4

Assassination – 5

A Children’s Book

Map

The Will to Live

Yodelling – 1

Yodelling – 2

A Further Conversation With My Doctor

Afterword

Index

Copyright Page

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