What makes a good literary hoax? A political point, for starters
- Written by: Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
Spanish authors (from left), Agustin Martinez, Jorge Diaz and Antonio Mercero, who have been writing bestsellers as Carmen Mola.Quique Garcia/EPALiterary hoaxes thrive on exposure. At best, they are politically transgressive. They strip away anything smug, pretentious or hypocritical to reveal an uglier reality underneath.
Hoaxes may use ethically...
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