Entries from August 2008

6 August 2008

Playing with the Truth

I’ve noticed a trend in the books I’ve been reading recently: though they are clearly fiction, they like to suggest that they are, in fact, true stories. Not all the strategies for pulling this switcharoo are very successful, but at least one is.

Specimen 1: The Pigman by Paul Zindel. Before even page 1 [...]