Author(s): Laura Lee

Humour

The word schadenfraude - originally a German word translated as 'pleasure taken in someone else's misfortune'- has become entrenched in popular culture. Filled with the missteps and downfalls of the famous and not so famous, this book taps into our universal longing to gawk and smirk at the people who stand-or fall-for all of us. This helps us feed the delusion that while the accidents and agonies of life are happening to someone else, we ourselves are spared... at least for the moment.