A updated social and medical investigation into the act of suicide, written by the National Book Award finalist author of The Big House, analyzes such aspects as the cultural history of suicide, the right-to-die movement, and the experiences of suicide's survivors. Originally published as The Enigma of Suicide. Original. 25,000 first printing.A social and medical investigation into the act of suicide analyzes such aspects as the cultural history of suicide, the right-to-die movement, and the experiences of suicide's survivors.