Death Becomes Them

图书标准信息

• 作者 Alix Strauss 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 2009-09
• ISBN 9780061728563
• 定价 136.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 352页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

KurtCobain,AnneSexton,MarkRothko,ErnestHemingway,AdolfHitler...allfamous,somerichandpowerful,somebeloved,someabhorred.Butwhenlifeandcircumstancegottobetoomuch,eachheadedfortheexitdoor.SigmundFreudoverdosedonmorphine.DorothyDandridgestrippednakedandswallowedahandfulofantidepressants.HunterS.Thompsonshothimselfwhiletalkingtohiswifeonthephone.Thesearethelonelypersonalnightmaresbehindcelebritysuicides--thedeathsandtheircausesareasdiverseasthevictimsthemselves.In"DeathBecomesThem,"AlixStraussbidseachoneafinalgood-byewhileexaminingthelastdaysandtheunbearableincidentsthatdrovethesenotablestoendtheirlives.Shedecodestheirnotes,touchesontheiraccomplishments,anddelvesintothemethodologiesoftheirdeathsusingautopsyandpolicereportsandpersonalphotos.Straussalsoexploresthemorbidcuriositythatfeedsourfixationwithfamouslytorturedsoulsandprovideslistsofothercontroversial,bizarre,andpoorlyexecutedsuicidesinthismammothtome.

【作者简介】

AlixStraussisalifestyletrendwriterwhoappearsonnationalmorningandtalkshows.HerarticleshavebeenpublishedintheNewYorkTimes,MarieClaire,Time,andEntertainmentWeekly,amongotherpublications.SheistheauthorofTheJoyofFunerals,HaveIGotaGuyforYou,andDeathBecomesThem:UnearthingtheSuicidesoftheBrilliant,theFamous,andtheNotorious.