'On a recent episode of The Book Club, host Jennifer Byrne, hugging Cory Taylor's latest (and last) book, Dying: A Memoir, to her chest, asked why books about death are trending at the moment. Marieke Hardy, the great niece of irreverent comedian Mary Hardy (who committed suicide in the bath so her family wouldn't have to face the mess), replied: "None of us are comfortable talking about death." ...'