The QI Book of the Dead diets; and "Is That All There Is?" about people interested in life after death. Ian Wolf for the British Comedy Guide was mostly positive with his review, saying: ""The QI Book of the Dead" is definitely an enjoyable read, and makes for a great gift idea. For one thing, it allows us to look back and learn on the mistakes of our ancestors. Amongst those ancestors are Confucius and Nefertiti, whom everyone in the world is related to... interesting, isn't it!" However, Wolf also wrote that the book made mistakes. He wrote that the book wrongly claimed that Lord Shelburne
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