The Mummy Congress
PRAISE
"All the stories sparkle. Pringle is a crackshot storyteller. She chooses the level of detail precisely, so that we see the virtual reality but do not lose the plot. Her knowledge is thorough, so readers never have to guess what the science is or what it means. Her writing is clear, direct and intense. She is unusually adept and obviously loves the mummies."
The New York Times Book Review
"Pringle's mummy experts are livelier than a crypt full of stacked corpses. This is high praise given how successfully the author animates the dead in this delightfully macabre piece of mortuary globe-trotting....Pringle's gifts as a writer and a journalist are evident on every page....Pringle's mummies and the men and women who love them make for fascinating and lively reading; this book is sure to have, as they say, a very long shelf life."
Publishers Weekly, Starred review
"The Mummy Congress is wide ranging in every sense. Heather Pringle's lively prose takes us across the centuries, across the globe, and across scientific disciplines...Enthralling."
The Independent
"I never imagined that a book about mummies and mummy inspectors could be so engrossing. Heather Pringle has done a remarkable job. I read it with scarcely a pause."
Evan S. Connell, author of Son of the Morning Star