Mitford, Jessica

"The accumulation, in this urgently important book, of case histories, anecdotes, statistics, damning quotes from prison authorities - all researched and documented with Milford's exhaustive dedication - assaults the reader, haunts one repeatedly with questions like 'Can this really be happening here?'".

Presents an update of the 1963 expose of the funeral industry in America, written in response to the unregulated cost of funerals, with new materials on the prepayment trend, monopoly ownership of mortuaries and cemeteries, and other topics.