I'm finding myself drawn towards fiction a bit more this year, mostly because when its well written it can discuss issues of life that non-fiction just never bothers to address.

The Bad Girl ranks pretty high on my list for that reason: its an excellent insight into the way men can become obsessed with the fantasy that a pretty woman creates.

The story is one Peruvian boy's tale of a girl he fell in love with as a teenager. She turned out to have been fabricating her life at the time. They meet again and again as the boy grows into adulthood, each time the girl has a different lie she is living. Each time she leaves him and breaks his heart.

It must be very confusing to women why men create such elaborate fictions about who women are. And very frustrating when the women age and men stop creating those fantasies about them. Its at the heart of why men are idiots.

If you've ever been stalked by an obsessive person, this is a good peek into the madness that can consume the weak male mind.