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Book Reviews of The Dead Beat : Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries

The Dead Beat : Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries
The Dead Beat Lost Souls Lucky Stiffs and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries
Author: Marilyn Johnson
ISBN-13: 9780060758752
ISBN-10: 0060758759
Publication Date: 3/1/2006
Pages: 256
Rating:
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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3.2 stars, based on 20 ratings
Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Type: Hardcover
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DaisyaDay avatar reviewed The Dead Beat : Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries on + 10 more book reviews
Really great look into the world of obit writing. It's a bigger world then you might think!
Readnmachine avatar reviewed The Dead Beat : Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries on + 1474 more book reviews
Delightful, quirky review of the art of the obituary and the journalists who create them.
reviewed The Dead Beat : Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries on + 5 more book reviews
Introduction gets you interested and exciting, but soon the writing style gets tedious. You will lose interest about 3/4 of the way through, but worth the time to get to the end, if only to say you read it all.
LMM avatar reviewed The Dead Beat : Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries on + 155 more book reviews
Light review of the changing format of obituaries.