I am currently reading
http://www.amazon.com/Aleister-Crowley-Dion-Fortune-Shakti/dp/0738715808/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329697228&sr=8-1a biography of Aleister Crowley and Dion Fortune.
It starts at the end of their lives and works backwards thru time.
When I told Lee about the form of the book, his comment was
"But Death is the MIDDLE of the story!"