| Death Becomes Them: Unearthing the Suicides of the Brilliant, the Famous, and the Notorious Contributor(s): Strauss, Alix (Author) |
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ISBN: 006172856X ISBN-13: 9780061728563 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Suicide - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 362.280 |
| LCCN: 2009012150 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.14" W x 8.16" (0.57 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Author Alix Strauss takes a provocative look at the self-imposed deaths of the famous and infamous in Death Becomes Them. In this fascinating and intimate chronicle of celebrity suicides, the spotlight shines on the lonely last moments of Kurt Cobain and Ernest Hemingway, Abbie Hoffman and Adolf Hitler, Dorothy Dandridge, Sigmund Freud, Hunter S. Thompson, and others. Death Becomes Them explores their sadness and madness, their accomplishments and the circumstances that led to their irreversible decision, and wishes them all a fond final good-bye. |
Contributor Bio(s): Strauss, Alix: - Alix Strauss is a lifestyle trend writer who appears on national morning and talk shows. Her articles have been published in the New York Times, Marie Claire, Time, and Entertainment Weekly, among other publications. She is the author of The Joy of Funerals, Have I Got a Guy for You, and Death Becomes Them: Unearthing the Suicides of the Brilliant, the Famous, and the Notorious. |