The Truth About Lies

Thought Provoking, But Could Have Used More Documentation. This is a very thought provoking book that looks at lies and how we deceive both ourselves and others, using scams from prehistory all the way through the 2010s. In its examinations of how we deceive both ourselves and each other, it seems to this reader to be very well reasoned, very well thought out, and very well written. Lots of education, a fair degree of humor, and (warning to those “sensitive” to it), a few F-bombs to boot. Indeed, the one main weakness here is the dearth of its bibliography - coming it at just 6% ish of the text rather than the more common 25-30% of well-documented nonfiction texts. Also, the cover - I don't believe Washington and the (very likely apocryphal, and thus... a lie) story of his childhood cherry tree is ever mentioned in the text. So the cover lies... which may be the point. ;) Overall a superb book, but the bibliography issue knocks it down a star. Very much recommended.