How to Become a Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behavior, (Paperback)

from the_darling_copilots

I enjoyed this book quite a lot. The style is breezy but not shallow, slightly silly but still thoughtful. It feels like perfect summer reading for people like me, who enjoy both thoughtful, academic discussion and "trashy" pop-culture. It probably helped that I have a bit of a background in lite...

from shalulah

This was a delicious read-I only wished there could have been more of it! Though I understand why Laura Kipnis, despite the "unending barrage of material", kept it short, I kept thinking of other scandals I would have enjoyed reading her opinions about. The author is very witty & her take on the ...

from kivarson

Reading Kipnis' detailed analysis of four fairly recent scandals in American society made me feel like an intellectual and fed my longing for squeamishly juicy details.

from Dabble58

Fun, topical. I was too busy to get into it at present, but I'll return, if for no other reason than a review of the silly things famous people did within my lifetime to screw themselves up.

from kivarson

Reading Kipnis' detailed analysis of four fairly recent scandals in American society made me feel like an intellectual and fed my longing for squeamishly juicy details.