The Concise Book of Lying
by Evelin SullivanEdition: Reprint
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2002-08-01
Publisher(s): Picador
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Summary
With lively wit and breezy sophistication, novelist Evelin Sullivan tackles the most pervasive of human sins, using history and mythology, anecdote and analysis to discover the truth about lying. Beginning with the nature and characterization of deception in ancient texts from the Bible to Greek myth, Sullivan examines why people lie, what makes an effective lie, what are its consequences; and how society has tried to counteract human deception. Touching on philosophy, literature, history, and psychology, The Concise Book of Lying is a stylish and erudite tour of the twilight realm of trickery.
Author Biography
Evelin Sullivan teaches technical writing at Stanford University. She is the author of four novels, including The Dead Magician and The Correspondence. She lives in Redwood City, California, with her husband.
Table of Contents
| Prologue | p. xi |
| In the Beginning | |
| The Bible: A Casebook | p. 3 |
| Deception at First Light | p. 29 |
| The Anatomy of Lying | |
| Why Liars Lie | p. 55 |
| How to Weave, and Sell, a Tangled Web | p. 86 |
| The High Cost of Lying | p. 118 |
| The Lying Mind | |
| Liars, Liars, Liars! | p. 151 |
| Deep Down, I Knew ... | p. 162 |
| Lie Detection Modern and Ancient | |
| The APEX Truth Meter | p. 189 |
| The Ordeal | p. 211 |
| Lying to the Enemy | |
| Generals, Greeks, and Other Liars | p. 229 |
| The Briar Patch Revisited | p. 254 |
| Even Educated Flies Do It | p. 273 |
| Epilogue | p. 293 |
| Notes | p. 295 |
| Bibliography | p. 313 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 321 |
| Index | p. 323 |
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