How to Become a Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behavior
Laura Kipnis$17.00
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' 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 classic--revenge, betrayal, ambition, madness--though 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-deception--the necessary ingredients--are our collective plight. How to Become a Scandal is "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).
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 08/30/2011
ISBN: 9780312610579
Pages: 209
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 09/18/2011 pg. 32