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How to Become a Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behavior
How to Become a Scandal Adventures in Bad Behavior
Author: Laura Kipnis
A New York Times Book Review Editors? ChoiceWe 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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312610579
ISBN-10: 0312610572
Publication Date: 8/30/2011
Pages: 224
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Picador
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Perfect for the person looking for a social disection of modern scadals.Or good for the type of person who enjoys reading the National Enquirer. The book breaks down several examples and tries to explain the driving force behind them.

Stories include:
Lisa Nowak & Bill Oefelein :affair
Clara Harris running over her cheating husband
Sol Wachtler, ex-chief justice NY Court Appeals: extortion, affair, etc
Linda Tripp
Oprah Winfrey


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