Lust in Translation

Straying isn't what it used to be, Silvio” Pamela Drukerman notes in her article written about the same time I also commented on Veronica Lario’s front-page letter of rebuke to her ever flirting, flamboyant, billionaire husband Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister of Italy.

Writes the former Wall Street Journal correspondent, Druckerman, “The authors of ‘Sexus Politicus’ recently concluded that Charles de Gaulle was the only French president in modern memory who didn't enjoy a few petites amies. European statesmen may not be able to enjoy this private club for much longer, however. Wives are rebelling.”

But European marital sparring somehow manages to sound more passionate and even elevated compared to the rehab, romance (and rabidly worse) stories about, say, Britney and Anna Nicole.

Extramarital affairs and how they differ around the world have been on Druckerman’s mind for some while. In April, you’ll learn what she’s discovered when her book comes out, Lust in Translation: The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee. Here's the rest of the story.... for now.