Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein first made a name for themselves with the outrageously funny New York Times bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar.Now they turn their attention to the Big D and share the timeless wisdom of the great philosophers, theologians,psychotherapists and wiseguys.From angels to zombies and everything in between,Cathcart and Klein offer a fearless and irreverent history of how we approach death, why we embrace life and whether there really is a hereafter.As hilarious as it is enlightening,Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates is a must read for anyone and everyone who ever expects to die.