The Sullivan, Evelin E. 1947- creator text bibliography nyu New York Picador USA 2002 1st Picador USA pbk. ed. monographic eng

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xiv, 334 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. One bright morning in the third century B.C. the philosopher Diogenes set out with a lantern in search of an honest man. His doomed gesture makes the point clear: in some way or another, we are all liars. In The Concise Book of Lying, professor Sullivan tackles this most pervasive of sins, using history and mythology, anecdote and analysis to shed light#x14;pace the first cynic#x14;on our long relationship with The Bible : a casebook -- Deception at first light -- Why liars lie -- How to weave, and sell, a tangled web -- The high cost of lying -- Liars, liars, liars! -- Deep down, I knew ... -- The APEX Truth Meterª -- The ordeal -- Generals, Greeks, and other liars -- The briar patch revisted -- Even educated flies do it. Evelin Sullivan. Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2001. Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-320) and index. Deception Truthfulness and falsehood Deception Social aspects Truthfulness and falsehood Social aspects Verdad y mentira Verdad y mentira Aspectos sociales Engaño BF 637 S949c 2002 177/.3 0312420471 9780312420475 2002025154 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol053/2002025154.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol031/2002025154.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol053/2002025154.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol031/2002025154.html DLC 020228 20230410142349.0 76046