"The consumer's side of the coffin lid is never ostentatious." -- Stanislaw J. Lec (died 1966)

The True Value of Interior Decor

"This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed." -- Charles Baudelaire (died 1866)

Time for a Change
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A Macabre Miscellany

I found Geoffrey Abbott's treasury of trivia, A Macabre Miscellany (Virgin Books, 2004), entirely by accident. I was gift shopping at the local chain bookstore, and somehow found this morbid little book in the Reference section. After reading the back cover -- which calls it "a compendium of carnage, a treasure chest of torture and terror...the very best of the very worst things that can happen to a person" -- I immediately knew that I had indeed found a gift...for myself! Published by the quirky book division of UK outfit Virgin Entertainment, this 4x6" title manages to collect "a thousand…
July 9, 2005Posted inNot Dead Yet: Print Reviews