Hachette India

A Good Funeral: Unforgettable Eulogies for Remarkable Lives

Daniel Scott

What makes a truly great eulogy?

We need an exceptional life, made remarkable in some way - be it colourful, fruitful or meaningful. And then we need someone uniquely and perfectly placed to speak well of the dead.

Having scoured the recent past for the funeral address's most powerful iterations, Daniel Scott brings us the eulogies that have brought their subjects bursting back to life with wit, candour, love and insight.

From Eric Idle on George Harrison to Jonathan Franzen on David Foster Wallace, Helena Bonham Carter on Vivienne Westwood to Oprah Winfrey on Rosa Parks, A Good Funeral is the ultimate collection of famous last words.

Daniel Scott

Daniel Scott has worked in publishing for over thirty years, with publishers such as Phaidon, Atlantic, Tate and Allison & Busby. In recent years, he has worked on projects such as Jeremy Deller's Art is Magic, a book about courtroom art, and Caroline Coon's memoir.

Seemingly unable to shake off an obsession with pop and counterculture, the inclusion of eulogies to Rosa Parks and Lemmy in the present volume give a good indication of who he sees as his cultural wayfinders.