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An entertaining and irreverent look at thge truth behind kicking the bucket--the definitive A to Z illustrated sourcebook on the ways to die.
"Every mortal should read this book, before they find themsevles in its pages"--Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)
| |  | | Genius and Heroin: The Illustrated Catalogue of Creativity, Obsession, and
In his highly anticipated follow up to Final Exits and The Portable Obituary, Michael Largo tackles the art of the famous demise from another archly inventive angle. Genius and Heroin archives the self-destructive lives and deaths of the extremely gifted from all arenas, including actors, politicians, athletes, scientists, musicians and military leaders. Genius and Heroin is a reference guide that explores the paradox of an artist’s angst, that which prompts both inspiration and torment. Largo’s work is a profound new addition to the public debate on whether personal agony is a necessary component to being publicly immortalized.
div>From the dawn of civilisation there has always been a fine line between creativity and self-destruction. An inherent compulsiveness is often required in art to master a level of original thought and superlative skill. It requires everything, some believe, even one's life. "Genius and Heroin" chronicles the lives of the famously talented in all fields who all entwined their genius with one of the many paths toward self-ruin. Whether their downfalls were from opiates, alcohol, pills, absinthe, or the slow-motion suicide of obsession, the indispensable reference to the untidy and s | |  | | The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich, and Powerful Really Died
The definitive source book on the true causes of death of public figures –– providing the ultimate demise of heroes and icons, politicians and celebrities, inventors and explorers, business leaders and sports figures, as well as the unlikely endings of radicals, Nobel Prize winners, and others.
span style="font-style: italic">The Portable Obituary/span> examines revealing details about how famous persons' deeds, intimate habits, and lifestyles –– good and bad –– ultimately influenced their mode of death and, in due course, determined their role in history and culture. Author Michael Largo makes clear that life, famous or not, can only be fully understood backwards. The true cause of death is often the one omitted detail of history, but in fact reveals the most poignant snapshot of an individual's life.br />
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