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Zoe Whittall on the truth about liars
"I consumed a lot of media about pathological liars since I had an experience in my 20s, and I'm always struck by the similarities in the patterns of speech and the ways that liars will get you to doubt yourself.
Even when it's so obvious that someone is lying, they'll get you to feel like the worst person on earth for ever doubting them."
We spoke with Zoe Whittall, poet, screenwriter, and novelist. Her new book The Fake is a novel about a liar named Cammie and two people who fall under her spell—and then have to pick up the pieces of their lives when they fall out of it.
The Fake
A con artist walks into a grief support group. Chaos ensues.
When Gibson and Shelby meet, they realize Cammie’s stories don’t always add up. In fact, they’re far from the truth. But what kind of a person would lie about having cancer? And what does it say about Shelby and Gibson that they fell for it? From the author of The Best Kind of People and The Spectacular comes a sharp, emotional novel about lies, liars and the people who love them.
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