Harassment by Seduction, the new work by speaker and personal trainer Roberto Bo Goldkorn, author of hits such as "I Don't Owe You Anything" and "Solitude Never Again," deals with the use of language to manipulate other people's feelings. The book shows how certain people hone their verbal prowess in order to turn words into traps to conquer, embarrass, humiliate, imprison, and seduce—in a bad way—other individuals. From the infamous "171" (the number of the article in the Brazilian Penal Code that defines fraud) to the dangers of the internet, passing through professional seducers, the author examines this perilous world in which words are extremely dangerous weapons—and are aimed at all of us, social and cultural beings. "What I will show in this book," states Goldkorn, "through examples, case studies, and stories, is how intellectual harassers operate—their modus operandi on the street, in companies, and now, in an arena that is very, very favorable to them, which is the internet, where they can limit themselves to words without even showing their faces, whose expressions could betray them." As in most of his works, the author combines his professional and personal experiences with in-depth research based on historical, social, cultural, and psychological factors. In Harassment by Seduction, Roberto Bo Goldkorn aims to make the reader look more closely at all sides and perceive the true intentions of those around him. The book's blurbs are written by poet Fabrício Carpinejar, for whom "reality is not a fairy tale; the frog will not become a prince. It will not croak long, languid kisses, much less fulfill its promise of tranquility, pleasure, and old age somewhere. The frog may have been, from the beginning, a big bad wolf. The important thing is to identify its disguise to neutralize its actions and prevent its excessive ambition."
