From an award-winning senior writer at Time, an eye-opening exploration of narcissism, how to recognize it, and how to handle it.

The odds are good that you know a narcissist-probably many of them. The odds are also good they are intelligent, assured, and articulate-the center of attention. They cause you to laugh plus they make you think. The odds may also be that this spell didn’t last.

Narcissists are everywhere. There are millions of them in the United States only: about The Narcissist NEARBY: Understanding the Monster in YOUR LOVED ONES, in YOUR WORKPLACE, in Your Bed-in Your Globe entertainers, politicians, people, your neighbours. Spotting and understanding them is vital to your not really being overtaken by them, says Jeffrey Kluger, in his provocative fresh book concerning this insidious disorder.

With insight and wit, Kluger frames the amazing new study on narcissism and explains the complex, exasperating personality disorder. He reveals how narcissism and narcissists influence our lives at work and in the home, on the road, and in the halls of authorities; how to proceed whenever we encounter narcissism; and how exactly to neutralize its results before it’s too late.

As a Time writer and science editor, Kluger knows how exactly to take science’s new tips and transform them into smart, accessible insights. Highly readable and deeply interesting, this book helps us understand narcissism and narcissists even more fully.