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in series)
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2021...
2021
More Lies
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'More Lies is a highly referential comedy thriller about a writer being held hostage in their own apartment and forced to type to hide the manoeuvres of a femme fatale, holding a pearl-handled gun, and her brother, a small-time thug with big-time ambitions. This wild tale about assassination, lost gold, betrayal, passion and identity theft engages the reader in the many layers of the author's witty but deceptive journey. Through a series of lies, backflips and alternative versions of the tale, the author moves from being a trapped hack, forced to prostitute themselves, to dazzling the world with the acrobatics of their imagination, to the heart of the matter: storytelling is all that is keeping them alive.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: for Money
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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'Without Your Gaze, I Am Nothing'
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Text : Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , vol. 26 no. 1 2022;
— Review of More Lies 2021 single work novella 'By the final pages of Richard James Allen’s debut novel, More Lies, the reader is no closer to discovering the truth about the unnamed narrator’s wild story, but such ambiguity is exactly the point. ‘The truth is,’ our notoriously unreliable protagonist confesses, ‘I need you to hear me, to see me’ (p. 53) and it is a powerful request. Allen asks his readers to fulfil their basic, most intrinsic role of giving life to a text. If, as German literary scholar Wolfgang Iser contends, ‘it is only through inevitable omissions that a story will gain its dynamism’ (1972, p. 280), then More Lies is as vibrant and as engaging as they come.' (Introduction) -
Richard James Allen : More Lies : A Maze Too Far
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Arts Guide , August 2021;
— Review of More Lies 2021 single work novella -
A Review of More Lies by Richard James Allen
2021
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Compulsive Reader 2000-;
— Review of More Lies 2021 single work novella -
More Lies – Review
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: FemAsia , October 2021;
— Review of More Lies 2021 single work novella -
Launch speech — 'More Lies', by Richard James Allen
2021
single work
essay
— Appears in: Communion Arts Journal , December no. 16 2021;
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Tension, Drama, Sex and Suspense : Beatriz Copello Reviews ‘More Lies’ by Richard James Allen
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , vol. 32 no. 2 2021;
— Review of More Lies 2021 single work novella'Richard James Allen is a widely published and prize winning author, as well as being a multi-talented artist excelling in many art-forms. Allen describes himself as a poet, dancer, film director, actor, novelist and choreographer. His latest novel More Lies contains 33 chapters, each chapter no longer than one and a half pages, it is a small book but what it contains is a treasure of laughs and lies.' (Introduction)
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'Without Your Gaze, I Am Nothing'
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Text : Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , vol. 26 no. 1 2022;
— Review of More Lies 2021 single work novella 'By the final pages of Richard James Allen’s debut novel, More Lies, the reader is no closer to discovering the truth about the unnamed narrator’s wild story, but such ambiguity is exactly the point. ‘The truth is,’ our notoriously unreliable protagonist confesses, ‘I need you to hear me, to see me’ (p. 53) and it is a powerful request. Allen asks his readers to fulfil their basic, most intrinsic role of giving life to a text. If, as German literary scholar Wolfgang Iser contends, ‘it is only through inevitable omissions that a story will gain its dynamism’ (1972, p. 280), then More Lies is as vibrant and as engaging as they come.' (Introduction) -
More Lies – Review
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: FemAsia , October 2021;
— Review of More Lies 2021 single work novella -
A Review of More Lies by Richard James Allen
2021
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Compulsive Reader 2000-;
— Review of More Lies 2021 single work novella -
Richard James Allen : More Lies : A Maze Too Far
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Arts Guide , August 2021;
— Review of More Lies 2021 single work novella -
Launch speech — 'More Lies', by Richard James Allen
2021
single work
essay
— Appears in: Communion Arts Journal , December no. 16 2021;
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