About this item

What have we not done to live forever Adam Leith Gollner, the critically acclaimed author of The Fruit Hunters, weaves together religion, science, and mythology in a gripping exploration of the most universal of human obsessions immortality. Raised without religion, Adam Leith Gollner was struck by mankinds tireless efforts to cheat aging and death. In a narrative that pivots between profundity and hilarity, he brings us into the world of those whose lives are shaped by a belief in immortality. From a Jesuit priest on his deathbed to antiaging researchers at Harvard, Gollner sorting truth from absurditycanvasses religion and science for insight, along with an array of cults, myths, and fringe figures. He journeys to David Copperfields archipelago in the Bahamas, where the magician claims to have found a liquid that reverses genes.



Read Next Recommendation

Report incorrect product information.