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The dead beat : lost souls, lucky stiffs, and the perverse pleasures of obituaries / Marilyn Johnson

By: Language: English Publication details: New York : Harper Perennial, 2009.Description: 272 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780060758769
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 920 JOH
Contents:
1. I walk the dead beat -- 2. A wake of obituarists -- 3. Name that bit -- 4. The mighty and the fallen of New York : -- The Irish sports pages -- The franchise -- Portraits of grief -- Goodbye! -- Attention must be paid -- 5. Now you know -- 6. Ordinary Joe -- 7. The egalitarians -- 8. Tributes -- 9. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse : -- The obituary capital -- Boiled in oil, and other -- Terrible fates in the Daily Telegraph -- A few words about the code -- Following the Guardian into the mist -- An Independent bent -- Lives of the Times -- 10. Googling death -- 11. The obit writer's obit
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Books Books Gulbanoo Premji Library, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru 4th Floor 920 JOH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 51879
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1. I walk the dead beat --
2. A wake of obituarists --
3. Name that bit --
4. The mighty and the fallen of New York : --
The Irish sports pages --
The franchise --
Portraits of grief --
Goodbye! --
Attention must be paid --
5. Now you know --
6. Ordinary Joe --
7. The egalitarians --
8. Tributes --
9. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse : --
The obituary capital --
Boiled in oil, and other --
Terrible fates in the Daily Telegraph --
A few words about the code --
Following the Guardian into the mist --
An Independent bent --
Lives of the Times --
10. Googling death --
11. The obit writer's obit

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