Polaroids from the Dead

Douglas Coupland takes his sparkling literary talent in a new direction with this crackling collection of takes on life and death in North America -- from his sweeping portrait of Grateful Dead culture to the deaths of Kurt Cobain Marilyn Monroe and the middle class.<p>For years Coupland's razor-sharp insights into what it means to be human in an age of technology have garnered the highest praise from fans and critics alike. At last Coupland has assembled a wide variety of stories and personal postcards about pivotal people and places that have defined our modern lives. <em>Polaroids from the Dead</em> is a skillful combination of stories fact and fiction -- keen outtakes on life in the late 20th century exploring the recent past and a society obsessed with celebrity crime and death. Princess Diana Nicole Brown Simpson and Madonna are but some of the people scrutinized.</p>