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The Truth About Lying
Ten great stories written over ten years provide multifaceted insights into how a writer develops. Touching, surprising and tragic, funny, wise and fun – Benedict Wells can turn his hand to anything.
These are stories about everything and nothing. Stories about the misfortune of being free, and about a woman facing an existential decision. About a place where no one goes voluntarily, yet which still becomes a home. About a struggling present-day screenwriter catapulted back to the New Hollywood of 1973, giving him four years's time to steal the most famous movie idea of the 20th century. Last but not least a story from the world of The End of Loneliness, that casts a light on a dark family secret.
Ten very different stories from a world in which lies, dreams truths flow together. By turns touching, funny, surprising, and often unforgettable.
»It is hard to say which story appeals the most, they are all very well written [. . . ]«
»He manages to debate big emotional themes without any pathos.«
»And all of this in a laconic and exact tone, which I like so much about Benedict Wells.«
»Stories which effortlessly portray all the facets of the human condition.«
»Ten everyday and fantastical stories with a quiet but lasting after-effect. […] Magical.«