Philip Rieff

With My life among the deathworks: Illustrations of the aesthetics of authority, the renowned cultural theorist and Freud scholar Philip Rieff inaugurates a trilogy that signals the summation of his scholarly lifework. With this series, Sacred Order/ Social order, Rieff both continues and supersedes the lines of thought that characterize the earlier, influential works upon which his reputation was forged.

Tacoma, Washington, high school junior Aislyn's extreme shyness has crippled her socially and cost her a college scholarship, so she jumps at the chance to try an illegal gene therapy, but although she is finally able to date her long-term crush, Jack, the therapy becomes a contagious disease that can be fatal.