69 Things to Do with a Dead Princess

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Stewart Home’s 69 Things to Do with a Dead Princess is a darkly comic, formally daring novel that dismantles the traditional romance and the conventions of fiction. The story begins with a princess who dies and a corpse that refuses to stay still, leading to a frantic, hilarious catalog of the absurd things one can do with a body. Home uses the title as a structural device—a list of propositions that the narrative both follows and subverts in real time.\n\nThis is not a conventional romance; it is a deconstruction of romance. Home plays with genre expectations by presenting a story that is simultaneously a comedy, a satire, and a radical experiment in narrative form. The prose is sharp, witty, and relentlessly funny, turning the macabre into something genuinely entertaining. For readers who appreciate literary humor and fiction that challenges itself, this is an essential read.

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