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Death On A Galician Shore
''Death on a Galician Shore'' (A praia dos afogados) is a detective fiction novel by Domingo Villar published by Agencia Literaria in 2009. In 2011, the novel was published in Great Britain by Abacus and translated by Sonia Soto; that year it was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger Award. The movie " A praia dos afogados" directed by Gerardo Hererro is based on the book and was released in theaters in 2015. Plot Police Investigator Leo Caldas of the Vigo Police Department has been called to the town of Panxon to check on a body of a sailor who has washed up on the northwest shore of Spain. The townspeople believe it to be a suicide, Caldas is not so sure. With help from forensic pathologists, it is determined to be murder. Who and why are the questions Caldas concerns himself with. While working on the death of the sailor, Caldas learns about a murder ten years ago that could be connected. Caldas is a character dealing with his own problem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Death is the Irreversible process, irreversible cessation of all biological process, biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain death is sometimes used as a legal definition of death. The remains of a former organism normally begin to Decomposition, decompose shortly after death. Death is an inevitable process that eventually occurs in Biological immortality, almost all organisms. Death is generally applied to whole organisms; the similar process seen in individual components of an organism, such as cells or tissues, is necrosis. Something that is not considered an organism, such as a virus, can be physically destroyed but is not said to die. As of the early 21st century, over 150,000 humans die each day, with ageing being by far the most common cause of death. Many cultures and religions have the idea of an afterlife, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
