Killing Yourself to Live 85% of a True Story

Name: Killing Yourself to Live 85% of a True Story
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ISBN: 9780743264464

ISBN-10: 0743264460

ISBN-13: 9780743264464

Edition: 2006

Authors: Chuck Klosterman

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For 6,557 miles, Chuck Klosterman thought about dying. He drove a rental car from New York to Rhode Island to Georgia to Mississippi to Iowa to Minneapolis to Fargo to Seattle, and he chased death and rock 'n' roll all the way. Within the span of twenty-one days, Chuck had three relationships end -- one by choice, one by chance, and one by exhaustion. He snorted cocaine in a graveyard. He walked a half-mile through a bean field. A man in Dickinson, North Dakota, explained to him why we have fewer windmills than we used to. He listened to the KISS solo albums and the Rod Stewart box set. At one point, poisonous snakes became involved. The road is hard. From the Chelsea Hotel to the swampland…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 6/13/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.22" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Chuck Klosterman, currently a music, film, & culture critic for Ohio's "Akron Beacon Journal", began his career with "The Forum" in Fargo, North Dakota. He lives in Akron, Ohio, where he once consumed nothing but McDonald's Chicken McNuggets for seven straight days.