The Art of Cheating

Beautifully illustrated and packaged, THE ART OF CHEATING is a tongue-in-cheek but useful guide to cheating in every way imaginable from cheating on your spouse or taxes to cheating death.

Autorentext

Jessica Dorfman Jones has been a lawyer, a literary agent, a book packager, a publicist, an editor, a ghostwriter, and a lifelong New Yorker. She is the author of Klonopin Lunch and The Art of Cheating. While she has never cheated on her income tax or her resume, she has been known to fake injuries to get better service in restaurants and is no longer welcome in Las Vegas. She lives with her husband and poorly behaved dog on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

Klappentext

Cheat? ME? Never!!! Well, except that one time... Who says you should always tell the truth? With this handy informational guidebook you can con your way through life -- from finessing your resume, to lying about your age, to getting a date. Whether you've decided to cheat out of sheer desperation or the need to get ahead, The Art of Cheating provides essential tips and guidelines for how to be the ultimate swindler, and how to spot the con artists among us. You'll learn what it takes to be a great cheater, and the pros and cons to every swindle. As a newly minted master of deception, you'll be able to cheat: ¥ On a diet ¥ On your spouse or significant other (or both!) ¥ On your taxes ¥ On standardized tests ¥ Death And more! With clever illustrations and humorous deadpan delivery, The Art ofCheating will have you sleeping your way to the top, faking an illness, and forging someone else's handwriting -- without batting an eye.

Zusammenfassung
THE ART OF CHEATING is a comprehensive guide to cheating in just about every way imaginable, from corporate fraud to lying about your age to get a date. With deadpan delivery and dry wit, THE ART OF CHEATINGinstructs the reader on how to get away with the most useful cheats in our day and age, even providing tips and guidelines for protecting one's self against the tricksters among us.

Much like the style of "The Worst Case Scenario Handbook," THE ART OF CHEATINGis an earnest and clever informal guide with chapters dedicated to particular methods of cheating while outlining the advantages and disadvantages and tools used for doing so.