Introduction

Part 1. This is a dead frog. Life and death in the universe

Senescence and what waits for the lucky few

Fear and loathing in Birchwood

Free radicals and the secrets within

This is a dead frog

Part 2. The experimental pig phase. The circus under the tent

Sex and death : the contract killer

Coffee with the widow-maker

Suicide, snowy owls and the executioner inside

This is not a sheep

The grotto salamander and the guano

The horrid ground-weaver

Dark matters

Part 3. Journey to the end of the shitatite. Bring out your dead ants

Mourning has broken

Who wants to live forever?

No, this is a dead frog

Epilogue : the meaning of the loa loa.