Review: The Status Game

Review of The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It by Will Storr

There was a certain irony in reading a book about status games while sitting in Economy class, knees in the back of the seat in front of me, wishing I would have a little bit more room and hoping for everyone’s sake the person in front of me doesn’t recline his seat.

Will Storr’s The Status Game arrived at precisely the right moment to make me excruciati…