{"product_id":"literary-hoaxes-melissa-katsoulis-9781634502696","title":"Literary Hoaxes: An Eye-Opening History of Famous Frauds","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe famous fakes and fakers of literary history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Dionysius the Renegade faked a Sophocles text in 400 BC (cunningly inserting the acrostic \"Heraclides is ignorant of letters\") to humiliate an academic rival, he paved the way for two millennia of increasingly outlandish literary hoaxers. The path from his mischievous stunt to more serious tricksters like the fake Howard Hughes \"autobiography\" by Clifford Irving and Oprah-duper James Frey takes in every sort of writer, from the religious zealot to the bored student, via the vengeful academic and the out-and-out joker. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut whether hoaxing for fame, money, politics, or simple amusement, each perpetrator represents something unique about why we write. Their stories speak volumes about how reading, writing, and publishing have grown out of the fine and private places of the past into big-business, TV-book-club-led mass-marketplaces which, some would say, are ripe for the ripping. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the first time, the complete history of this fascinating subgenre of world literature is revealed. Suitable for bookworms of all ages and persuasions, this is true crime for people who don't like true crime and literary history for the historically illiterate. A treat to read right through or to dip into, it will make you think twice next time you slip between the covers of an author you don't know. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSkyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Katsoulis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1634502698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781634502696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Melissa Katsoulis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522562486527,"sku":"9781634502696","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a82c87a-859f-4440-a3a9-1e2796e4fae7.jpg?v=1700157907","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/literary-hoaxes-melissa-katsoulis-9781634502696","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}