An article in the Best Crime Writing of 2003 anthology called “My Undertaker, My Pimp” is about a Portland mortician who packed up and moved to Nevada to run a brothel. The whole article is online and is better than all the episodes of Six Feet Under put together.
I remember reading that article in “Harper’s”. In fact, it was read aloud during a cross-country road trip, leading to some rather odd discussions. Thanks for returning it to my attention – I need to send it to my mother.
This blog entry (and the ILE post, and our conversation yesterday) led me to have a dream last night about running a brothel out of a motel. No dead bodies involved as far as I know.