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Critics delight in "one of the great literary hoaxes of the century" (David Lister, the Independent ), in which a best-selling British novelist tries to pass off his "biography" of a nonexistent painter as authentic.
Writers Related to Writers Schooldays (which colleges and universities spawned which writers) American Literary Pseudonyms American Literary Title Sources Literary Cons: Hoaxes, Frauds, and Plagiarism in American Literature The Profession of Authorship:
And although hazardous materials teams know that most calls are hoaxes, "You always have to treat a threat as real," says Mark Whaling of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Result: too much credence given to incidents exposed elsewhere as hoaxes and illusions.