The truth-content of the lie: On The MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut

.post-body a { color: #000000 !important; text-decoration: underline !important; } Note: This is a revised and consolidated version of four posts I wrote last year on Benjamín Labatut’s The MANIAC: 1, 2, 3, 4. Novel-writing, like playing Go, is an art of assembly. The novelist compiles and assembles facts and artifacts. The novel has to be built on strong foundations to