The Dead Beat

Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries (P.S.)

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The Dead Beat

Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries (P.S.)

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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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Harper Perennial
Language
English
Pages
272

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2007, HarperCollins
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The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries (P.S.)
January 30, 2007, Harper Perennial
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First Sentence

"People have been slipping out of this world in occupational clusters, I've noticed, for years."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
272
Dimensions
8 x 5 x 1 inches
Weight
9.6 ounces

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OL9235915M
ISBN 10
0060758767
ISBN 13
9780060758769
OCLC/WorldCat
83815282
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651339
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