Schadenfreude, A Love Story

“A wild and wonderful ride” from a comic memoirist “who writes brilliantly about Germany and Germans . . . and being young and insane. . . . just read it, ok?” (Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize–winning, New York Times–bestselling author of Best. State. Ever).

You know that feeling you get watching the elevator doors slam shut just before your toxic coworker can step in? There’s a word for this mix of mal...