Gossip: The Untrivial Pursuit

Gossip: The Untrivial PursuitGossip is no trivial matter; despite its reputation, Epstein argues, it is an eternal and necessary human enterprise. Proving that he himself is a master of the art, Epstein serves up delightful mini biographies of the Great Gossips of the Western World, along with many choice bits from his own experience. He also makes a powerful case that gossip has morphed from its old fashioned best clever, mocking, a great private pleasure to a corrosive new

but doesn't feel as American as some of her friends

you're approaching the point at which the cookies would break through the lesser curvature of your stomach

both tender and terrifying

His life is a mess

After nine years in prison

They have never met face-to-face

and you'll see why Harri is truly a "hero for our times"

rules her four-bedroom palace in Westchester with a velvet fist

former bounty-hunter Rachel Morgan has been rather busy

The many dangers will cost lives and time

the Guild of Food Writers' Michael Smith Award and the Glenfiddich Trophy and Food Book of the Year

sin--to flourish even in a dark and broken world