Journal of the Dead - A Story of Friendship and Murder in the New Mexico Desert

I killed and buried my best friend today ... When authorities found Raffi Kodikian -- barely alive -- four days after he and his friend David Coughlin became lost in Rattlesnake Canyon, they made a grim and shocking discovery. Kodikian freely admitted that he had stabbed Coughlin twice in the heart. Had there been a darker motive than mercy? And how could anyone, under any circumstances, kill his best friend? Armed with the journal Kodikian and Coughlin carried into Rattle- snake Canyon, Jason Kersten re-creates in riveting detail those fateful days that led to the killing in an infamously unforgiving wilderness.

About the author

Jason Kersten is a freelance journalist whose articles have appeared in Rolling Stone and Men's Journal, as well as other magazines. He holds a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and lives in New York City.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Kersten, Kersten Jason
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.07.2004
• EAN: 9780060959227
• ISBN: 978-0-06-095922-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; TRAVEL: Special Interest / Sports, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Adventure, TRUE CRIME: Murder / General, TRUE CRIME: Murder / Serial Killers, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Literary, LAW: Criminal Law / General, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Family, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Bicycling, LAW: GENERAL