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More specifically, Johnson writes about the blossoming cult following obituaries have bee...more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 3 0 false Sat Nov 14 14:50:35 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 14:57:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 4 1 false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 08:43:13 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 08:55:54 -0700 2009 p.222: "I still think that the point of the obituary and the beauty of it, aside from its elegant structure and the wo...more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 4 1 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Sep 10 08:47:09 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 06 08:06:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1201617 0060758759 9780060758752 12 3 3.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181838193m/1201617.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1201617.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:45:24 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:45:24 -0800 2009 Johnson, a writer and editor for Life, Esquire, and Outside, knows whereof she speaks; she has written obituaries for such luminaries as Johnny Cash, Katherine Hepburn, and Marlon Brando. Though critics hint at the gloomy nature of her subject, they are won over by her humorous, "uplifting, joy...

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The pleasurable bits of this book are obit excerpts from US and British newspapers. It seems a little disjointed, thou...more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 4 0 false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:51:08 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 10:01:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 4 0 false Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 06:19:46 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 21:20:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 4 0 false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 24 06:19:51 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 15 07:10:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 5 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 05:59:10 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 16:32:00 -0700 2008
The chapter on Sept...more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 3 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 19:05:02 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 08:14:36 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 2 0 false Sat Sep 22 10:13:07 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 20:22:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 4 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 11:18:02 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 11:29:54 -0700 2007 From breaking down the Obituary form and providing insight into the secret clues and euphemisms commonly...more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 4 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 19:35:29 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 21:23:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 3 0 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 07:22:09 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 07:27:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 5 0 false Mon Mar 16 08:27:51 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 08:30:53 -0700 2009
An example (one of my favorites)by Douglas Martin of the New York Times: "Selma Koch, a Manhattan store owner who earned a national reputation by helping women find the...more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 3 0 false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Aug 29 19:55:43 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 07:45:17 -0800 2009 lives.

The author interviewed obituary writers, attended an obituary writers' conference (who knew?), and even explained the online world of obsessed obituary enthusiasts. At tim...more...]]> 17682 0060758767 9780060758769 309 85 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17682.The_Dead_Beat_Lost_Souls_Lucky_Stiffs_and_the_Perverse_Pleasures_of_Obituaries 4 0 false Wed May 07 17:38:51 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 14:12:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/1?book_id=7106788 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/3?book_id=7106788 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/2?book_id=7106788 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7106788 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/4?book_id=7106788 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/5?book_id=7106788 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/6?book_id=7106788 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/7?book_id=7106788 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/9?book_id=7106788 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/10?book_id=7106788