Proust's Last Beer: A History Of Curious Demises
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings.
Death has always been the great equaliser, but rarely has it been chronicled with such wit and irreverence as in this darkly comic collection. Proust's Last Beer: A History of Curious Demises by Bob Arnebeck, with illustrations by Allen Appel, presents a gallery of history's most eccentric, absurd, and ironic final exits — from literary giants to historical figures — each departure more unexpected than the last. The book operates as a kind of macabre almanac, cataloguing the strange and often farcical circumstances under which the famous and the forgotten met their ends, punctuated throughout by Appel's sardonic artwork. Arnebeck writes with a dry, deadpan wit that transforms mortality into a subject of genuine delight, arguing implicitly that how one dies can be just as revealing — and as human — as how one lives. The tone is pitch-black comedy wrapped in genuine historical curiosity, making it a work that sits comfortably alongside other classics of morbid humour. For readers who have ever wondered what Marcel Proust's final hours looked like, or who relish the idea that history's most towering figures were undone by the most undignified of circumstances, this is the book that will leave you laughing — and perhaps reconsidering your own legacy.
Author: Bob Arnebeck
Format: Paperback
Published: 1980, Penguin Books
Genre: Humour
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings.
Death has always been the great equaliser, but rarely has it been chronicled with such wit and irreverence as in this darkly comic collection. Proust's Last Beer: A History of Curious Demises by Bob Arnebeck, with illustrations by Allen Appel, presents a gallery of history's most eccentric, absurd, and ironic final exits — from literary giants to historical figures — each departure more unexpected than the last. The book operates as a kind of macabre almanac, cataloguing the strange and often farcical circumstances under which the famous and the forgotten met their ends, punctuated throughout by Appel's sardonic artwork. Arnebeck writes with a dry, deadpan wit that transforms mortality into a subject of genuine delight, arguing implicitly that how one dies can be just as revealing — and as human — as how one lives. The tone is pitch-black comedy wrapped in genuine historical curiosity, making it a work that sits comfortably alongside other classics of morbid humour. For readers who have ever wondered what Marcel Proust's final hours looked like, or who relish the idea that history's most towering figures were undone by the most undignified of circumstances, this is the book that will leave you laughing — and perhaps reconsidering your own legacy.