How to Become a Scandal Adventures in Bad Behavior

Name: How to Become a Scandal Adventures in Bad Behavior
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ISBN: 9780312610579

ISBN-10: 0312610572

ISBN-13: 9780312610579

Edition: N/A

Authors: Laura Kipnis

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A New York Times Book ReviewEditors' Choice We all relish a good scandal. Why do people feel compelled to act out their tangled psychodramas on the national stage, and why do we so enjoy watching them? The motifs are classicrevenge, betrayal, ambition, madnessthough the pitfalls are ones we all negotiate daily. After all, every one of us is a potential scandal in the making: failed self-knowledge and colossal self-deceptionthe necessary ingredientsare our collective plight. How to Become a Scandalis "an extremely smart, funny, acid, and beautifully written meditation on a scary truth that we all try desperately to ignore" (David Shields, author of Reality Hunger: A Manifesto).

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 8/30/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English