Goners: The Final Hours of the Notable and Notorious

Kerr, Gordon

ISBN 10: 0810983648 / ISBN 13: 9780810983649

Published by Harry N. Abrams (edition First Edition), 2009

About this Item

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

Seller Inventory # 0810983648-11-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Goners: The Final Hours of the Notable and Notorious
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810983648
• ISBN 13: 9780810983649
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

It’s human nature to want to know about the lives of famous figures, but it’s also human nature to want to know about their deaths, especially the unusual and sometimes sordid details. In smart prose with a light touch, Goners reveals the last days, hours, and moments of 50 notable and notorious figures in history such as Alexander the Great, John Belushi, Billy the Kid, Joan Crawford, Princess Diana, Charles Dickens, Cary Grant, Ernesto Che Guevara, Harry Houdini, Bruce Lee, Marie Antoinette, Pablo Picasso, Tupac Shakur, and Andy Warhol. You’d have to read 50 biographies to get all the in-depth information that author Gordon Kerr has compiled under one cover.
 Read straight through or just dipped into, Goners is a compelling and curious ride.

About the Author

Gordon Kerr was the director of nonfiction marketing for Bloomsbury (U.K.) and, before that, the marketing director for the book chain Waterstone’s. As a marketing consultant, his clients have included the Man Booker Prize and the British Museum, among others.