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While "Now Dig This" is an entertaining, well-assembled collection of Southern's writing, the "greatest hits" book he himself put together, "Red-Dirt Marijuana" (1967) shows the true depth of his talent, as the reader sees him adopting different styles and narrative voices, and nailing every one. The contents...
She was already dead, of course. That sad news had been known from the beginning. Huang's tormentors, you see, were not members of some professional kidnapping-for-ransom gang. They were morticians?employees of one of the hundreds of companies that compete for market share in Taiwan's bizarre...
Typically, these hoodlums bribe police and hospital officials for information about critically ill patients, traffic accidents or shootings. When they receive word of a fatality, they swoop in to claim the body and begin preparations for the funeral, even before relatives have been notified. There have been several cases of...
Thanks in part to the public outcry that followed Huang's struggle, government officials have been fighting to clean up Taiwan's funeral business. Regulations that Chen Jeaw-mei, Taipei's director of social affairs, plans to pass on soon to the city council for approval include, for example, forcing...
But taking on Taiwan's undertakers can be dangerous work. In April, Chen received a letter threatening government officials who had forced funeral companies "to the edge of survival." Its authors promised to take three of Chen's underlings "for a ride," and added that "Director Wu can tell you...