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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
From a writer hailed as "a younger, more libidinal Susan Sontag,"* a dazzling, revealing, and fiercely funny dissection of our love of scandal and what it says about usWe all relish a good scandal—the larger the figure (judge, president!) and the more shocking the details (diapers, cigars!) the better. But why do people feel compelle...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780805089790
ISBN-10: 0805089799
Publication Date: 8/31/2010
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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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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