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    Lust in Translation

    Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee

    Author Pamela Druckerman
    Paperback
    $27.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
    5.2"W x 8"H x 0.7"D   | 9 oz | 44 per carton
    On sale Mar 25, 2008 | 304 Pages | 9780143113294
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    Compared to the citizens of just about every other nation, Americans are the least adept at having affairs, have the most trouble enjoying them, and suffer the most in their aftermath and Pamela Druckerman has the facts to prove it. The journalist's surprising findings include:
    • Russian spouses don't count beach resort flings as infidelity
    • South Africans consider drunkenness an adequate excuse for extramarital sex
    • Japanese businessmen believe, "If you pay, it's not cheating."

    Voyeuristic and packed with eyebrow-raising statistics and interviews, Lust in Translation is her funny and fact-filled world tour of infidelity that will give new meaning to the phrase "practicing monogamy."

    "[Druckerman's] finely calibrated moral compass is matched by a reporter's knack for deft, understated description....[This] thoughtful and myth-busting study of infidelity deserves to be widely translated and read."
    -The Economist

    "A witty, engaging exploration of comparative infidelity. . . . Undeniably alluring."
    -The New York Observer

    "Colorfully told. . . . Entertaining."
    -The New York Times

    "[Druckerman's] finely calibrated moral compass is matched by a reporter's knack for deft, understated description."
    -The Economist
    © Dmitry Kostyukov
    Pamela Druckerman is a journalist and the author of five books including Bringing Up Bébé, which has been translated into thirty-one languages and optioned as a feature film. She wrote the Dress Code column for The Economist’s 1843 magazine, and a monthly column about France for The New York Times, where she won an Emmy and an Overseas Press Club award. Her work has also appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s Magazine, The New York Review of Books, and The Wall Street Journal. Her most recent book is There Are No Grown-Ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story. View titles by Pamela Druckerman

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    Compared to the citizens of just about every other nation, Americans are the least adept at having affairs, have the most trouble enjoying them, and suffer the most in their aftermath and Pamela Druckerman has the facts to prove it. The journalist's surprising findings include:
    • Russian spouses don't count beach resort flings as infidelity
    • South Africans consider drunkenness an adequate excuse for extramarital sex
    • Japanese businessmen believe, "If you pay, it's not cheating."

    Voyeuristic and packed with eyebrow-raising statistics and interviews, Lust in Translation is her funny and fact-filled world tour of infidelity that will give new meaning to the phrase "practicing monogamy."

    Praise

    "[Druckerman's] finely calibrated moral compass is matched by a reporter's knack for deft, understated description....[This] thoughtful and myth-busting study of infidelity deserves to be widely translated and read."
    -The Economist

    "A witty, engaging exploration of comparative infidelity. . . . Undeniably alluring."
    -The New York Observer

    "Colorfully told. . . . Entertaining."
    -The New York Times

    "[Druckerman's] finely calibrated moral compass is matched by a reporter's knack for deft, understated description."
    -The Economist

    Author

    © Dmitry Kostyukov
    Pamela Druckerman is a journalist and the author of five books including Bringing Up Bébé, which has been translated into thirty-one languages and optioned as a feature film. She wrote the Dress Code column for The Economist’s 1843 magazine, and a monthly column about France for The New York Times, where she won an Emmy and an Overseas Press Club award. Her work has also appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s Magazine, The New York Review of Books, and The Wall Street Journal. Her most recent book is There Are No Grown-Ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story. View titles by Pamela Druckerman

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