‘The Empire of Death’

Posted on Oct 27, 2011

Photo illustration from an image by Colin Grey

In this special Web-exclusive Halloween edition of Truthdig Radio, Howie Stier interviews art historian Paul Koudounaris, whose macabre new book explores fetishistic tombs and morbid monuments around the world.

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