Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

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 where Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane went down to the site where Kurt Cobain blew his head off, Chuck explored every brand of rock star demise. He wanted to know why the greatest career move any musician can make is to stop breathing...and what this means for the rest of us. more

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2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-29-2009; an entertaining one-time-only read, or a great way to kill time in an airport; Chuck Klosterman has the kind of literary journalism style that is usualy only found on self-indulgant blogs or pop-culture magazines that people forget about once they reach drinking age. While his writing style will keep the reader...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-28-2009; Good Book; I'm an audio production major, minoring in business, I'm not an extremely avid reader, but I LOVED this book. If you love music, and American culture as a whole, you will be entertained.Enjoy!; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-21-2009; Lay off the pot, Klosterman; If this were an educational textbook titled "Why Marijuana is Stupid," I'd give it five stars.Instead, this book purports to be an extended essay about the cultural significance of musician deaths, with all the profundity of two...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-28-2008; Fantastic; I'm not into pop culture as much as those around me, but this book was interesting and hysterical. I like the book so much, if Klosterman ever dies tragically, I might trek to the place of his demise.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-28-2009; Good Book; I'm an audio production major, minoring in business, I'm not an extremely avid reader, but I LOVED this book. If you love music, and American culture as a whole, you will be entertained.Enjoy!; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-15-2008; Not What You Expect; Whoever coined the phrase "you can't judge a book by its cover" saw this one coming. This book is a decent read if you're into first person narratives about contemporary pop culture.I stumbled upon this book when some dude who had been...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-29-2009; an entertaining one-time-only read, or a great way to kill time in an airport; Chuck Klosterman has the kind of literary journalism style that is usualy only found on self-indulgant blogs or pop-culture magazines that people forget about once they reach drinking age. While his writing style will keep the reader...; read full review | report as inappropriate