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Playing Dead

A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud

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Playing Dead

De : Elizabeth Greenwood, Elizabeth Greenwood - introduction
Lu par : Arden Hammersmith
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 A darkly comic foray into the world of men and women who fake their own deaths, the consultants who help them disappear, and the private investigators who’ll stop at nothing to bring them back to life.

“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. Sciences sociales
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    Commentaires

    "A lively romp."
    — The Boston Globe
    "Grim fun."
    — The New York Times
    "A delightful read for anyone tantalized by the prospect of disappearing without a trace."
    — Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake
    "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
    "Mesmerizing."
    — Elle
    "Riveting."
    — The Huffington Post
    "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
    "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 Folded Clock
    "The most literally escapist summer read you could hope for."
    — The Paris Review
    "Wonderfully weird."
    — Deborah Blum, New York Times bestselling author of The Poisoner's Handbook
    "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
    "Ghoulishly existential."
    — BloombergBusinessweek
    "Wildly entertaining."
    —Tony Perrottet, author of Napoleon's Privates
    "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
    "Brilliant topic, absorbing book."
    — The Seattle Times
    "Delivers all the lo-fi spy shenanigans and caught-red-handed schadenfreude you're hoping for."
    — NPR
    "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
    "A bizarre exposé of the disappearance industry."
    — Entertainment Weekly
    "A tragicomic study."
    — Bust
    “Catnip.”
    — The Guardian
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    The author seems to never have heard of a story line. The content has no structure. It provides no insights or revelations. Truly a waste of time.

    incoherent ramblings, not a real book

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