Bold authors have been lying to their readers for years and somehow, we love every moment of it.
The unreliable narrator is a tricky narrative device for authors to handle, but when it’s used well, the results speak for themselves. Red Szell of AMI-Audio’s My Life in books joins Jacob Shymanski as they share their favourite examples of stories that only work because of their unreliable narrators.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Lolita — Vladimir Nabokov
Life of Pi — Yann Martel
The Turn of the Screw — Henry James
Frogs for Watchdogs — Seán Farrell
The Wasp Factory — Iain Banks
Gone Girl — Gillian Flynn
The Girl on the Train — Paula Hawkins
Pimp: The Story of My Life — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck)
Atonement — Ian McEwan
American Psycho — Bret Easton Ellis
Gillespie and I — Jane Harris
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