Reviews & Press
Critical acclaim from leading publications and reviewers.
"A fascinating journey through the world of plants, from the beneficial to the deadly."
Wall Street Journal
"Every mortal should read this book, before they find themselves in its pages."
Daniel Handler
Author of A Series of Unfortunate Events (as Lemony Snicket)
on Final Exits
"This endlessly fascinating, often amusing, and always riveting book is the perfect gift for all of your morbid, twisted, or at least curious friends."
Peter Straub
2005 Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award
on Final Exits
"Final Exits is gross and engrossing... A well-researched historical perspective on death."
Wendy Northcutt
Author of The Darwin Awards
on Final Exits
"Michael Largo Is A Curator Of Death... you will enjoy the detailed descriptions of suicide, overdose, and otherwise untimely demise."
Esquire
on Genius and Heroin
"Largo has now become the Capote of kaput."
Atlanta Journal Constitution
on Genius and Heroin
"Absurdly entertaining."
Los Angeles Times
on Genius and Heroin
"Meticulous, fascinating, and often intriguingly bizarre.... I am full of admiration for Michael Largo's achievement."
Simon Winchester
Author of The Professor and the Madman
on Genius and Heroin
"Genius and Heroin makes for mad good reading on the divinely inspired, hopelessly self-destructive class."
Elle
on Genius and Heroin
"For the obsessive-compulsive teen in everyone."
Publisher's Weekly
on Genius and Heroin
"A fascinating compendium of famous deaths that will keep you reading long into the night."
The New York Times
on The Portable Obituary
"An encyclopedic romp through religious history's strangest characters."
Kirkus Reviews
on God's Lunatics
Award-Winning Work
Bram Stoker Award Winner
Superior Achievement in Nonfiction
Final Exits (2006)
Bram Stoker Award Finalist
Nonfiction Category
The Portable Obituary (2007)