avg_rating: 3.57
name: Edwin Murphy
about: Author Edwin Murphy is a Harvard grad and U.S. Treasury Department employee whose more conventional tomes include "Diodorus: On Egypt." In his book "After the Funeral," critics say: "He doesn't lose his head over material that might make you or me retch." As a Greek scholar, Murphy is well equipped to appreciate the tragicomic indignities that have visited the cadavers of some of Western culture’s most celebrated figures. Author Edwin Murphy is a Harvard grad and U.S. Treasury Department employee whose more conventional tomes include "Diodorus: On Egypt." In his book "After the Funeral," critics say: "He doesn't lose his head over material that might make you or me retch." As a Greek scholar, Murphy is well equipped to appreciate the tragicomic indignities that have visited the cadavers of some of Western culture’s most celebrated figures. ...more