{"product_id":"how-to-become-a-scandal-adventures-in-bad-behavior-9780312610579","title":"How to Become a Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behavior","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe 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. \u003ci\u003eHow to Become a Scandal \u003c\/i\u003eis an extremely smart, funny, acid, and beautifully written meditation on a scary truth that we all try desperately to ignore (David Shields, author of \u003ci\u003eReality Hunger: A Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Kipnis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312610579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/18\/2011 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Kipnis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAgainst Love: A Polemic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Female Thing: Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability\u003c\/i\u003e, which have been translated into fifteen languages. She is a professor in the Department of Radio\/TV\/Film at Northwestern University, has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, and has contributed to \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York and Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39955567247475,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1b2df1ba-f488-4b9d-8ecd-a7d91a5a4eab.jpg?v=1648652080","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/how-to-become-a-scandal-adventures-in-bad-behavior-9780312610579","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}