Friends, readers, countrymen,
The Ides of March is upon us! Flavorwire has pulled together a list of "books on treachery and deceit in honor of this fateful day in history. The books fall into two categories: military and strategic deceit, or duplicitous relationships. Many times, though, there are components of both at work. All is fair in love and war, we suppose."
Their list includes Tristan Garcia's Prix de Flore winner, HATE: A ROMANCE. It is, indeed, a novel in which love turns to hate and fidelity turns to betrayal, in both affairs of the heart and politics. If this book is in your TBR pile, today's the day to flip to chapter one! [...]