Reviews & Press
Critical acclaim from leading publications and reviewers worldwide.
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"A fascinating journey through the world of plants, from the beneficial to the deadly."
Wall Street Journal
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"Every mortal should read this book, before they find themselves in its pages."
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"This endlessly fascinating, often amusing, and always riveting book is the perfect gift for all of your morbid, twisted, or at least curious friends."
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"Final Exits is gross and engrossing... A well-researched historical perspective on death."
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"Michael Largo Is A Curator Of Death... you will enjoy the detailed descriptions of suicide, overdose, and otherwise untimely demise."
Esquire
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"Largo has now become the Capote of kaput."
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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"Meticulous, fascinating, and often intriguingly bizarre.... I am full of admiration for Michael Largo's achievement."
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"Genius and Heroin makes for mad good reading on the divinely inspired, hopelessly self-destructive class."
Elle
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"For the obsessive-compulsive teen in everyone."
Publisher's Weekly
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"A fascinating compendium of famous deaths that will keep you reading long into the night."
The New York Times
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"An encyclopedic romp through religious history's strangest characters."
Kirkus Reviews
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Award-Winning Work
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Bram Stoker Award Winner
Superior Achievement in Nonfiction
Final Exits (2006)
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Bram Stoker Award Finalist
Nonfiction Category
The Portable Obituary (2007)