The Dead Beat: The Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries by Marilyn Johnson

The Dead Beat: The Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries

Marilyn Johnson

256 pages hardcover 2006

5 editions

nonfiction history funny fast-paced
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Johnson investigates what make the obit pages so interesting, finding the people who write about the dead and savouring the most caustic and literate obits of all. The result is a compelling history and guide to obituaries.

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