Love and Lies by Martin, Clancy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Notice Dedication Contents Epigraph Prologue: Why I Wrote This Book 1. A Brief Introduction to the Morality of Deception

The Prevalence of Deceit Sometimes We Ought to Lie One Should Never Lie The Moral Complexity of Truthfulness and Deception The Paradox of Self-Deception

2. Childhood

Lite-Brites and Magic Lanterns Love and Trust When Children Lie How to Teach Your Child to Lie Cartwheeling Up Mount Olympus Crying Wolf How I Became a Real Boy Separation Anxiety and Secrets

3. First Loves

The Parent as First Lover Lisa’s Hair The L Word Turgenev’s “First Love” Love as Hope Self-Deception and Bad Faith Young Werther as First Lover Choosing to Fall in Love James Joyce on First Love The Young Simone de Beauvoir First Liars My Cousin Anna Twisted Self-Deception Onanism

4. Erotic Love

Sex on a Bet A Parenthesis on Kissing Back to My Love Story: A Rival and Revenge Sex and Deception Don Juan and the Cuttlefish The Theory of Falling in Love Creative Crystallization Shakespeare on Seduction Proust, Seduction, and Heartbreak Love’s Autopsy The Erotic Sociopath

5. Marriage

Marriage and Suicide First Marriage A Premonition Adultery for Adults Drunks and Cheaters Third Time’s the Charm Am I Just Addicted to Marriage? The Traditional Model and the Cure The Marriage Paradox The Violence of Creating the Truth Marriage for Grown-Ups

Notes Acknowledgments Also by Clancy Martin A Note About the Author Copyright