title: Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud
author:  Elizabeth Greenwood 
description: "Abeguiling foray into the wacky yet somehow ever-fascinatingrealm of deathfraud."<br /> <b>Maria Konnikova, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Confidence Game</i></b><br /><br />"Mesmerizing."<br /> <b> <i>Elle</i></b><br /><br />"Wonderfully weird."<br /> <b> Deborah Blum,<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of<i>The Poisoner's Handbook</i></b><br /><br />"Elizabeth Greenwood is as entertaining and gifted an archeologist of subcultures as she is an able explorer of issues like anonymity, the right to privacy, and how much control people can ever exert over their identities. An energetic and insatiable writer, her generous mind infuses every page of this astonishing book."<br /> <b> Heidi Julavits, author of <i>The Folded Clock</i></b><br /><br />"Exuberant and ironic, witty and compassionate, various and keenly-focused,<i>Playing Dead</i>is eccentric investigative journalism.A terrific subject, where the deadly (excuse the pun) serious and absurdly comic meet and mesh."<br /> <b> Margo Jefferson, author of <i>Negroland</i></b><br /><br />"Riveting."<br /> <b><i>The Huffington Post</i></b><br /><br />"Ghoulishly existential."<br /> <b></b><i><b>BloombergBusinessweek</b></i><br /><br />"Quirky, engaging, and surprisingly uplifting... Elizabeth Greenwood has written a book about death, faked and real, that teaches us much about life."<br /> <b> Eric Weiner,<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of<i>The Geography of Genius</i></b><br /><br />"<i>Playing Dead</i> marks the debut of a very talented author. Both the book and the writerare cause forcelebration."<br /> <b> Jeff Guinn, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Manson</i> </b><br /><br />"A bizarre expos of the disappearanceindustry."<br /> <b> <i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b>
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