Seven things to do after someone dies. 1. Get a medical certificate which shows the cause of death from a doctor â either a GP or at a hospital â so you can register the death. 2. Formally register the death within five days at a local registration office â see your council website. You will then get the documents you need for the funeral.
As for Lars Ebbling, the narrator portrays him as follows: âa heavy man in uniform came up the deck and stood beside the chaise longue, looking down at its two occupants with a smile of satisfied possession.
One of her most outspoken champions (perhaps surprising, given the blokeishness of his own work) is Nick Hornby, who has said his ambition is to be the male Anne Tyler and credits The Accidental Tourist as the inspiration to begin writing himself, describing her as the best line-and-length novelist in the world.