The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries (P.S.) Paperback - 2007
by Johnson, Marilyn
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
In wry and lucid prose, Johnson takes a mordantly funny look at the history and practice of "the ultimate human-interest story," the obituary.
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Details
- Title The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries (P.S.)
- Author Johnson, Marilyn
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, NY USA
- Date 2007-02-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # GOR004865186
- ISBN 9780060758769 / 0060758767
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 7.96 x 5.1 x 0.81 in (20.22 x 12.95 x 2.06 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Death/Dying
- Library of Congress subjects Death - Social aspects - United States, Obituaries - History and criticism
- Dewey Decimal Code 070.449
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From the rear cover
Marilyn Johnson was enthralled by the remarkable lives that were marching out of this world--so she sought out the best obits in the English language and the people who spent their lives writing about the dead. She surveyed the darkest corners of Internet chat rooms, and made a pilgrimage to London to savor the most caustic and literate obits of all. Now she leads us on a compelling journey into the cult and culture behind the obituary page and the unusual lives we don't quite appreciate until they're gone.
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Citations
- New York Times, 03/18/2007, Page 24
