The Truth About Lies The Illusion of Honesty and the Evolution of Deceit by Aja Raden

Lying is pervasive. So pervasive that we have almost as many words for it as the Aleutians have for snow: prevaricating, fibbing, stretchng the truth, of omission, of commission. Dividing her large topic into three sections - the lies we tell each other, the lies we tell ourselves and the lies we all agree to believe - Raden's book is as much about belief as about deceit. Buttressed by a winning mixture of history, psychology and science, Raden explores everything from swindles to cons to the long game to the big lie.