How to Become a Scandal Adventures in Bad Behavior

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 classicârevenge, betrayal, ambition, madnessâthough 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-deceptionâthe necessary ingredientsâare our collective plight. How to Become a Scandal is âan extremely smart, funny, acid, and beautifully written meditation on a scary truth that we all try desperately to ignoreâ (David Shields, author of Reality Hunger: A Manifesto).