Games People Play

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Didn’t you know you played games?
All the time? Among them are:
Life Games (‘Alcoholic’);
Marital Games (‘The Frigid Woman’);
Sexual Games (‘Rapo’);
Party Games (‘Ain’t it awful’);
Underworld Games (‘Cops and Robbers’);
Consulting Room Games (‘I’m only trying to help you’);
and Good Games (‘Homely Sage’).

Recognized as a classic work of its kind by professionals, Games People Play is nevertheless very accessible to the general reader. It is a wise, original, witty and very sensible analysis of the ‘games’ we play in order to live with one another - and with ourselves.

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‘The question that arises is whether the author has made a real contribution to psychology: and the surprising answer, I think, is that he has.’ - New Statesman

‘A brilliant, amusing and clear catalogue of the psychological theatricals that human beings play over and over again’ - Life