Genius and Heroin

A cultural study on people who's basic instinct of self-preservation became secondary to the desire to produce original works.

“Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an after-life.” - Arianna Sstassinopoulous

Like Largo's two other “encyclopaedias”, this chronicles death of many celebrities both well known and since forgotten. This book focuses on those acclaimed for genius in many different fields and their subsequent addictions, peculiarities, and eventual death, usually bizarre and/or self-inflicted.
This book is great for those interested in the history of people and the macabre, both of which I find truly fascinating.