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The lives of people both famous and obscure are filled with moments when their dirty laundry sees daylight. At such times we witness the reversibility of success, of prominence, but also come to terms viscerally with our own most vulnerable selves. We cannot stop watching the scene of shame, identifying with it, absorbing its nearness, relishing our immunity, even as we acknowledge the universality of the human stain, the uneasy predicament of living in our own bodies -

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Humiliation 2011, Picador USA, New York

ISBN-13: 9780312429225

Trade paperback

Humiliation 2011, Notting Hill Editions, London

ISBN-13: 9781907903465

Hardcover