num_pages: 135
description: The guide of choice for anyone who plans to die someday--are YOU ready for the AFTERLIFE?To find out, take this simple 1.  Like Earth, the Afterlife has celebrities, outcasts, deadheads, losers, and busybodies.  TrueFalse2.  Is there an Afterlife after the Afterlife?YesNo3.  When you first arrive on "the Other Side," you will be a) a set of wingsb) a toasterc) a copy of A Newcomer's Guide to the AfterlifeDon't worry if you're not sure how to respond. A Newcomer's Guide to the Afterlife has answers to these questions and more--and if you're lucky, some of them may turn out to be right!An irreverent, one-of-a-kind compendium from the award-winning author of Ishmael, A Newcomer's Guide to the Afterlife can be read as a parable, an allegory, a work of fiction--or exactly what it claims to a helpful handbook for the recently deceased.  It is filled with uncommon wisdom, bizarre imaginings, uncanny perceptions, and unexpected humor.  Is it fantastic escapism or a seminal event in human history? Read it and find out....Face it.  The Afterlife is the ultimate test.  You might as well study.
language: English
title: Newcomer's Guide to the Afterlife: On the Other Side Known Commonly As "The Little Book"
titlecomplete: Newcomer's Guide to the Afterlife: On the Other Side Known Commonly As "The Little Book"
genres: Philosophy, Literature, Fantasy, Fiction, Spirituality, Humor
ratings_count: 375
publisher: Bantam