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Michael Largo
Dear Librarian, Have you ever wondered—What is the true price of brilliance? Why do so many great writers, artists, musicians, actors (a few politicians), and even scientists entwine themselves with some kind of self-induced ruin? Lovers of curious facts and odd discoveries have made my previous nonfiction books Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die—2006 Bram Stoker Winner for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction—and The Portable Obituary such a success. I hope for the same with my latest, GENIUS AND HEROIN: THE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF CREATIVITY, OBSESSION AND RECKLESS ABANDON THROUGH THE AGES. (How's that for a contender in the longest subtitle list?) Seriously, I wanted to examine how the muse demanded feeding through the ages, which you'll find, seems no different than today. Here's an example: What's the difference between Poe and Kurt Cobain? Or Marilyn Monroe and Sappho? Send your thoughts at contact page www.finalexits.com and get your name into a drawing for a signed first printing edition. Thanks so much! Michael Largo
Genius and Heroin / Michael Largo / Harper Paperbacks / Paperback; 368 Pages
Price: $15.95 / ISBN: 978-0061466410 / Published: October, 2008 Michael Largo is one of our featured authors this week. Click here to view his reader comments and feel free to use them in your newsletters. |