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- Artikelzustand
- Title
- Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud
- ISBN
- 9781476739335
- Book Title
- Playing Dead : a Journey Through the World of Death Fraud
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Law, Social Science
- Topic
- Hoaxes & Deceptions, Criminal Law / General, Criminals & Outlaws, Criminology
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 13.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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"A delightful read for anyone tantalized by the prospect of disappearing without a trace." --Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake "Delivers all the lo-fi spy shenanigans and caught-red-handed schadenfreude you're hoping for." --NPR "A lively romp." -- The Boston Globe "Grim fun." -- The New York Times "Brilliant topic, absorbing book." -- The Seattle Times "The most literally escapist summer read you could hope for." -- The Paris Review Is it still possible to fake your own death in the twenty-first century? With six figures of student loan debt, Elizabeth Greenwood was tempted to find out. So off she sets on a darkly comic foray into the world of death fraud, where for $30,000 a consultant can make you disappear--but your suspicious insurance company might hire a private detective to dig up your coffin...only to find it filled with rocks. Greenwood tracks down a British man who staged a kayaking accident and then returned to live in his own house while all his neighbors thought he was dead. She takes a call from Michael Jackson (no, he's not dead--or so her new acquaintances would have her believe), stalks message boards for people contemplating pseudocide, and gathers intel on black market morgues in the Philippines, where she may or may not obtain some fraudulent goodies of her own. Along the way, she learns that love is a much less common motive than money, and that making your death look like a drowning virtually guarantees that you'll be caught. (Disappearing while hiking, however, is a way great to go.) Playing Dead is a charmingly bizarre investigation in the vein of Jon Ronson and Mary Roach into our all-too-human desire to escape from the lives we lead, and the men and women desperate enough to give up their lives--and their families--to start again.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1476739331
ISBN-13
9781476739335
eBay Product ID (ePID)
218923547
Product Key Features
Book Title
Playing Dead : a Journey Through the World of Death Fraud
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Hoaxes & Deceptions, Criminal Law / General, Criminals & Outlaws, Criminology
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Law, Social Science
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
13.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hv6762.A3g74 2016
Reviews
"Quirky, engaging, and surprisingly uplifting... Elizabeth Greenwood has written a book about death, faked and real, that teaches us much about life." -- Eric Weiner, New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Genius, "Slightly macabre, but ultimately very human; it is a questioning of how we seek satisfaction in life, and when we cut and run. Greenwood's narrative voice is humble and approachable, but as an investigator she is tenacious.... Playing Dead will please those attracted to the eccentric, as well as anyone who has ever fantasized about leaving it all behind." -- Shelf Awareness, "Delivers all the lo-fi spy shenanigans and caught-red-handed schadenfreude you're hoping for." -- NPR, "If your life totally sucks then simply end it and start a new one. Elizabeth Greenwood's creepy and hilarious foray into death fakery shows you how." -- Simon Doonan, author of The Asylum and Beautiful People, "A curious quest to find out just how feasible it is to disappear in the information age. Greenwood takes readers on a strange journey as she navigates the mysteries of disappearance... An entertaining investigation." -- Publishers Weekly, "A curious quest to find out just how feasible it is to disappear in the information age. Greenwood takes readers on a strange journey as she navigates the mysteries of disappearance… [An] entertaining investigation." - Publishers Weekly, "Belongs to that genre of popular nonfiction best exemplified by Jon Ronson.... It's a form that above all requires a likable, self-deprecating, curious narrator, and Greenwood fits the bill." -- S late, " Playing Dead marks the debut of a very talented author. Both the book and the writer are cause for celebration." -- Jeff Guinn, New York Times bestselling author of Manson, "A beguiling foray into the wacky yet somehow ever-fascinating realm of death fraud." -- Maria Konnikova, New York Times bestselling author of The Confidence Game, "A beguiling foray into the wacky yet somehow ever-fascinating realm of death fraud." -- Maria Konnikova, New York Times bestselling author of The Confidence Game, "Exuberant and ironic, witty and compassionate, various and keenly-focused, Playing Dead is a far-reaching form of first-person eccentric investigative journalism. A terrific subject, where the deadly (excuse the pun) serious and absurdly comic meet and mesh. The pairing of her narrative self, wildly (and rather light-heartedly) fantasizing about disappearing from a debt-ridden student life, and John Darwin (Darwin!), a hard-nosed pro who has mastered the practical craft of "pseudocide," is entertaining, revealing, and exhilarating. It's dramatically effective (comic noir) to find them in the same room, one seeking, one revealing trade secrets. And it embodies that central theme and paradox: exactly how a fantasy gets articulated into a fantastic reality; a disappearance and faked death into a fully imagined newly faked life; how psychic desperation becomes post-modern rebirth. A must-read." - Margo Jefferson, author of Negroland, "Lighthearted... interweaving personal experiences and insights. Earnestly researched." -- Kirkus Reviews , "If your life totally sucks then simply end it and start a new one. Elizabeth Greenwood's creepy and hilarious foray into death fakery shows you how." -- Simon Doonan, author of The Asylum and Beautiful People, "A delightful read for anyone tantalized by the prospect of disappearing without a trace." -- Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake, "Elizabeth Greenwood is as entertaining and gifted an archeologist of subcultures as she is an able explorer of issues like anonymity, the right to privacy, and how much control people can ever exert over their identities. An energetic and insatiable writer, her generous mind infuses every page of this astonishing book." Heidi Julavits, author of The Vanishers, "From digging up suspect graves to buying her own death certificate, Greenwood investigates the work of death fraud with probing comedic wit, and ultimately delivers a reflection on the efficacy of escaping ourselves." -- DuJour, "Wonderfully weird." -- Deborah Blum, New York Times bestselling author of The Poisoner's Handbook, "Belongs to that genre of popular nonfiction best exemplified by Jon Ronson.... It's a form that above all requires a likable, self-deprecating, curious narrator, and Greenwood fits the bill." -- S late, "Exuberant and ironic, witty and compassionate, various and keenly-focused, Playing Dead is eccentric investigative journalism. A terrific subject, where the deadly (excuse the pun) serious and absurdly comic meet and mesh." -- Margo Jefferson, author of Negroland, "If your life totally sucks then simply end it and start a new one. Elizabeth Greenwood's creepy and hilarious foray into death fakery shows you how." -- Simon Doonan, author of The Asylum , "Elizabeth Greenwood is as entertaining and gifted an archeologist of subcultures as she is an able explorer of issues like anonymity, the right to privacy, and how much control people can ever exert over their identities. An energetic and insatiable writer, her generous mind infuses every page of this astonishing book." - Heidi Julavits, author of The Vanishers
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2015-038731
Dewey Decimal
364.16/3
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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