The Dead Beat: The Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries
- ISBN-10
- 0285637770
- ISBN-13
- 9780285637771
- Series
- The Dead Beat
- Category
- Obituaries
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-10
- Publisher
- Souvenir Press
- Author
- Marilyn Johnson
Description
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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