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PENGUIN PRESS An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 375 Hudson Street New York, New York 10014 penguin.com Copyright © 2015 by Larissa MacFarquhar Penguin supports copyright. Copyright fuels creativity, encourages diverse voices, promotes free speech, and creates a vibrant culture. Thank you for buying an authorized edition of this book and for complying with copyright laws by not reproducing, scanning, or distributing any part of it in any form without permission. You are supporting writers and allowing Penguin to continue to publish books for every reader. ISBN 978-0-698-19560-8 Version_1 CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph FOR DO-GOODERS, IT IS ALWAYS WARTIME THE BODIES OF STRANGERS THE MOST OPPRESSED OF ALL DUTY! THOU SUBLIME AND MIGHTY NAME THAT DOST EMBRACE NOTHING CHARMING OR INSINUATING, BUT REQUIREST SUBMISSION AT ONCE RATIONAL AND ARDENT AN ACCIDENTAL CAPABILITY PRODUCED, IN ITS BOUNDLESS STUPIDITY, BY A BIOLOGICAL PROCESS THAT IS NORMALLY OPPOSED TO THE EXPRESSION OF SUCH A CAPABILITY THE UNDERMINING OF DO-GOODERS, PART ONE THE HUMILIATION OF STRANGERS THE LEGACY OF DRUNKS THE UNDERMINING OF DO......