Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Lexical Note -- Splendour and Misery of Exaggeration: An Introduction -- Thinking as Gesture: Exaggeration and Philosophy -- Trust Me: Exaggeration and Enlightenment -- Odd Moves: Exaggeration and Irony -- The Violence of Destruction: Exaggeration and Infinity -- … and … end … : Exaggeration and Politics -- Being Guilty: Exaggeration and Factuality -- Flight Simulator: Exaggeration and Trauma -- The Obvious: Exaggeration and Self-Evidence -- Blow Job: Exaggeration and Institution -- Old Opera: Exaggeration and Art -- Lifelines: Exaggeration and Event -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index.