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Bad Conscience

By Amy Finch

Boston Phoenix | May 23, 2005

Getting stared at by six eyeballs is unnerving, but stick the words "The Sociopath Next Door" on top and those stares turn Ted Bundy-creepy. The title -- and the cover design -- of Martha Stout's new book isn't exactly delicate, but given the topic, why should it be?

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Tags: of, Martha Stout, Myth, Sanity, The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us

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