{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Emeritus Prof Christopher May wrote","author_name":"Emeritus Prof Christopher May (npub1hr…f2ktj)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub1hr0x0gm9ksmvuvqwkyzfjuczv9pln83axuftxfhnq2maday69ypqtf2ktj","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"This week I've been mainly reading, no. 108. \n\nAve Barrera's The Forgery (2013/2022) is a Mexican #art caper story about an #artist forced to complete a forgery as part of an inheritance fraud. But by the end its unclear (perhaps purposefully) whether the narrator has experienced imprisonment \u0026 exploitation by a violent \u0026 rich mastermind, or whether its all a fever dream brought on by a hand injury (turning to sepsis). While quite enjoyable its also finally unsatisfying as a novel.\n\nnostr:npub1kt3hutklgrma64ykjwk4trxq9rtyfnxhkjz729g4pd9xl7hzhrjse75004"}