Some narrators are also self-delusional, which can lead to
certain skewing of the facts as they write, leading a reader
to believe one thing when the other is true. I don't mind an
unreliable narrator, as long as it's stated that they may
play with the truth as they tell the story which, from my
reading, is often the case.
Surely ANY 1st person POV can be seen as being somewhat
biased towards the character... 1st person POV is not
something that can be handled objectively by the
narrator.
Steve
_____
From: AP McQuiddy [mailto:
damncrazygringo@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2006
9:59 AM To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: The
undependable narrator (Brad Solomon)
Anyone else read Brad Solomon's GONE MAN...??
A widely-read Mystery-fan friend of mine, SB, described it as
"the very best Unreliable Narrator novel (he's) ever read!"
(I read it, thought it was smashing, but have not read near
as many Mys titles as my pal...or for that matter, many of
our R-A members...and thus hesitate to match SB's
opinion.)
;)
I subsequently became a friend of Brad's, so if anyone wants
to ask him questions, I'd be happy to pass the queries on to
B...
Best an' all,
----------ap.
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