A Good Funeral

von Daniel Scott

368 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The definitive compendium of the most striking, most sonorous and most memorable funeral addresses for notable public figures of recent times. A GOOD FUNERAL will give the reader a chance to revisit the achievements and sense the essence of some of the most storied figures of contemporary culture -- designers like Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen, musicians such as Lee Scratch Perry and Dusty Springfield, comedians Kenneth Williams and Tony Hancock, politicians such as Margaret Thatcher and Tom Driberg. And many more luminaries.It gathers some of the most fascinating, witty, loving, appalling, ambiguous, maddening, moving and inspiring addresses ever given as a send-off to whatever comes next.

• Reihe: Quercus
• ISBN: 9781529448368
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.09.2026
• Größe: 234 x 153 mm
• Verlag: Quercus