Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

by Chuck Klosterman

For 6,557 miles, from New York to Mississippi to Seattle, Chuck Klosterman decided to chase rock 'n' roll and death across a continent. 21 days later, after three relationships, an encounter with various cottonmouth snakes, and a night spent snorting cocaine in a graveyard, Klosterman started to order his thoughts on American culture and the meaning of celebrity. Uproariously funny, smart and hip, "Killing Yourself To Live" is a philosophical meditation on life, death, celebrity, rock 'n' roll, why the greatest career move any musician can make is to stop breathing...and what that means for the rest of us.

• ISBN10: 0743264460
• ISBN13: 9780743264464
• Publish Date: 13 June 2006 (first published 28 June 2005)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Scribner Book Company
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 272
• Language: English

Reviews

[emilybettridge]

Entertaining read, was never bored, but a lot of the pop culture references were before my time so I felt a bit out of touch with his references and comparisons.

[mary]

Sex, drugs, rock’n’roll, and a road trip. Where you find these elements together, you will find Chuck Klosterman. What can I say? I ‘get’ Klosterman, insomuch as you can get a snarky music junkie who writes about his confusions about the world. I’m still not sure if this is a good or a bad thing, but I’m going for to opt for “good.” Klosterman can always make me laugh, a rare feat in my reading and viewing experiences. So, go! Read some Klosterman.