I'm looking for a particular type of book. I was wondering if any of you have ever read a book about suicide, like from first person, as a novel. I've tried google and amazon, but I figured that with so many people on here that read often, and with such diverse tastes, that maybe one of you could help me. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Coincidentally, I just read this quasi-review earlier today. I haven't yet rushed out to buy the book, but you're more than welcome to let us know how it is:

• Paul Constant reviews Geoff Herbach's The Miracle Letters of T. Rimeberg (http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=79625)

From Mr. Constant's "lunch date":

The misanthropic humor, thus far, reminds me of Home Land, by Sam Lipsyte, which was one of the funniest novels I’ve ever read. There’s a good interpretation of the Herbie the Love Bug movies as being about loneliness that I really liked in the first few pages. But the book’s on probation, because it’s a 300-page novel told almost entirely in suicide notes and one-sided interviews, and that shit can get really old really fast.

(Constant (http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/lunch_date_the_miracle_letters_of_t_rimb))
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Notes:

Constant, Paul. "Lunch Date: The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg". Slog. April 9, 2008. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/lunch_date_the_miracle_letters_of_t_rimb

So, what's the appeal of reading about a self-proposed suicide sequence? Entertainment?

I'm looking for a particular type of book. I was wondering if any of you have ever read a book about suicide, like from first person, as a novel. I've tried google and amazon, but I figured that with so many people on here that read often, and with such diverse tastes, that maybe one of you could help me. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Johann Wolfgang Goethe: The Sorrows of Young Werther
(Die Leiden des jungen Werther)