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The death of God : towards a better understanding of a life without God aboard a ship of fools

by Damien Hirst

Produced for an exhibition in Mexico, this bilingual catalogue features colour reproductions exploring religious themes. It includes an interview, the poem series The Cancer Chronicles, and micrographs of cancer cells, with text in both English and Spanish.

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