NPR says of Train Wreck: “Eric G. Wilson’s smart, probing new book . . . sets out to explain what
lies beneath our collective fascination with death and suffering . . . Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck isn’t
some holier-than-thou polemic out to cure us of our dark leanings . . .
Instead, it simply aims to help readers gain ‘a fulfilling response to
two of life’s greatest, most pressing and persistent questions. What is
the meaning of suffering? What is the significance of death? . . . The
book’s slim, peripatetic chapters cover an awful lot of erudite
territory, as Wilson draws ideas and research from a delightful grab bag
of academics, artists and thinkers. Aristotle, Freud, Kant, Goya and
Hardy all make appearances, alongside an assortment of sociopaths and
serial murderers.”
Read the whole review:
http://www.npr.org/2012/02/27/146636758/train-wreck-you-know-you-want-to-look
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