Life as a Ghost

A young man who believes in nothing dies in a stupid accident and comes back as a kind of ghost. From then on he lives through the lives of other people, learns a lot about them and ultimately about himself as well. This leads him to tentatively formulate an idea of the "purpose" of life. This story is packed with fast-paced action, but it often just seems to be an excuse for philosophical musings and analysing the motives of the characters... There's a bounty-killer in the Wild West who is full of complexes in spite of easily shooting all the bad guys, there's a nightwatchman who is dead-bored with his mind-numbing job, who seems to be unable to care about anything except his vintage Ford Mustang, and who ends up becoming a reluctant hero, and finally there's a private school teacher having issues with his unruly teenage-pupils... This is not the usual kind of horror-story, although there is definitely some horror in it too, especially when we accompany the nightwatchman on his rounds through the morgue where he makes a surprising discovery that will change his life!

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