Final Exits

迈克尔•拉尔戈，出生于纽约，后随家人移居迈阿密。作为美国作家协会、美国侦探小说作家协会、美国科幻作家协会的成员。他发表过200多首诗歌、散文和小说，出版过三本小说，曾荣获纽约州艺术协会奖。他一直致力于收集有关美国人死亡方式的统计资料和信息。

出版者:Harper Paperbacks

作者:Michael Largo

页数:496

出版时间:2006-10-01

价格:USD 15.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780060817411

图书标签:科普外国文学美国

To die, kick the bucket, to meet your Maker, dead as a doornail, get whacked, smoked, bite the dust, sleep with the fishes, go six feet under—whatever death is called, it's going to happen. In 1789 Ben Franklin wrote, "In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." Death remains a certainty. But how do we die? It's the enormous variety of how that enlivens final exits. According to death certificates, in 1700 there were less than 100 causes of death. Today there are 3,000. With each advance of technology, people find new ways to become deceased, often causing trends that peak in the first year. People are now killed by everything, from cell phones, washing machines, lawn mowers and toothpicks, to the boundless catalog of man—made medicines. In Final Exits the causes of death—bizarre or common—are alphabetically arranged and include actual accounts of people, both famous and ordinary, who unfortunately died that way. (Ants, bad words, Bingo, bean bag chairs, flying cows, frozen toilets, hiccups, lipstick, moray eels, road kill, starfish, and toupees are only some of the more unusual causes.)

读后感

（一） 　　 　　书里的有些数据看起来很有意思，比如每年死于棒球的有多少人，或者死于打嗝的有多少人。有时候会忘了将来自己也会变成统计数据之一。 　　 　　不过大部分人的死亡平淡无奇，不是在自己家的床上，就是在医院的床上。这种死亡方式，不在《死亡大辞典》的收...  

我是很少被明目张胆说死这类型的书籍激发哲学思考的人 活着，好好活，越长越好，买别墅，换更大的别墅，游泳池边躺着两个比基尼美女，去加拿大滑雪，到瑞士度蜜月，一个人包下影院看一场电影，租一栋古堡开party。 我想说的意思只是，既然活着还有很多好东西值得我...  

各种莫名其妙的死亡愿意，有些让人瞠目结舌，原来有时候死亡真的会很意外的发生。 睡觉前无聊，可以看看。不会让你放不下而影响睡眠。

很久前听说过有本书叫《死猫的一百种用法》，马桶刷、不求人、沙发扶手等不一而足，十分喷饭。现在看来此书大约是杜撰的，因为如此喷饭的书居然从来没见它有卖或网上有连载，谁见过请一定通知我。 死猫的用法暂且不论，猫死的方法可能不是太多，世界上有多少猫谁也数不清，相...  

我是很少被明目张胆说死这类型的书籍激发哲学思考的人 活着，好好活，越长越好，买别墅，换更大的别墅，游泳池边躺着两个比基尼美女，去加拿大滑雪，到瑞士度蜜月，一个人包下影院看一场电影，租一栋古堡开party。 我想说的意思只是，既然活着还有很多好东西值得我...