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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIES:
\nThe Most Brilliant Book Ever Written!
\nBy Daniel Nanavati
\n106 pp. CreateSpace $8<\/p>\n
I expected A Brief History of Lies to be whimsical, and it is\u2014and funny, too, with delightful British humor. But it\u2019s also, philosophical and \u2026 surprisingly wise. If it appears simple at first glance, that\u2019s deceptive.<\/p>\n
Nanavati lives in Cornwall, UK, where he writes children\u2019s books, novels, plays, film scripts, and poetry. Impressive! I find all that hard to believe, but would an author who writes about liars, lie on his own book cover? Probably not.<\/p>\n
Nanavati astutely assesses the lies we tell and why. Yes, we, as in you, too. If you say you don\u2019t lie, you\u2019re lying to yourself. We all lie to ourselves, says Nanavati. If you\u2019re honest, you\u2019ll acknowledge that you lie\u2014many times daily, even to those we love most. And sometimes we want to be lied to, as well.<\/p>\n
The book provides a lengthy list of the various types of lies, which are legion. You\u2019ll recognize them all, and that you\u2019ve committed most. I\u2019ve committed all but perjury, pathological and vindictive lies … well, possibly a vindictive lie once in childhood.<\/p>\n
The book is about politicians and lies, lovers and lies, kids learning to lie, lies told in war and business\u2014of which Nanavati says, \u201cWithout lying there would be no war and business would always be good. Business is war without the bloodshed…\u201d Nanavati makes no judgment toward us lying humans\u2014it\u2019s evolutionary, he says. Survival based.<\/p>\n
His list of behaviors of liars is telling. Have you noticed someone \u201cmirroring\u201d your words to answer your question? Be suspicious.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you eat the last cookie?\u201d
\n\u201cNo, I did not eat the last cookie.\u201d
\nI\u2019d love to quote examples of Nanvati\u2019s take on human nature and the rationale he gives for lying\u2014especially the politicians\u2014but they\u2019d suffer out of the larger context. You\u2019ll enjoy it better following Nanavati\u2019s irreverent, satirical, logical, thought-provoking, albeit homespun path on your own. (Reviewed by Ruth Douillette)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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