The Last Face You'll Ever See: The Culture of Death Row
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In fascinating detail, Ivan Solotaroff introduces us to the men who carry out executions. Although the emphasis is on the personal lives of these men and of those they have to put to death, The Last Face You'll Ever See also addresses some of the deeper issues of the death penalty and connects the veiled, elusive figure of the executioner to the vast majority of Americans who, since 1977, have claimed to support executions. Why do we do it? Or, more exactly, why do we want to?
The Last Face You'll Ever See is not about the polarizing issues of the death penalty -- it is a firsthand report about the culture of executions: the executioners, the death-row inmates, and everyone involved in the act. An engrossing, unsettling, and provocative book, this work will forever affect anyone who reads it.
Ivan Solotaroff
Ivan Solotaroff is a journalist who has been published in Esquire, the Village Voice, and Philadelphia Magazine, among other leading magazines. He is the author of a collection of essays, No Success Like Failure. He lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
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Reviews for The Last Face You'll Ever See
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5One extended article in a glossy magazine would have covered this book, and so it is no surprise to find out that the handsome author is a journalist specialising in long articles.
This book has all the hallmarks of the Playboy in-depth article: fictionalised descriptions, a provincial view and as deep as any one wants to read while they're sitting waiting for their appointment at the dentist's. The title is a misnomer. Its actually only about two executioners on one death row in one prison and in the one state the book discusses, a discussion with a very narrow beam. This was a very disappointing book, it never lived up to the intrigue-value of its title.