Book about Hoax
Guardian Unlimited Books: The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick by Peter Lamont
reviewed by Michael Holland,
Sunday December 28, 2003.
In an age of altered photos, malleable news, and disappearing web sites, this story about the how people believe in things that are simply not true is timely.
In essence, Lamont entertains us with lessons in how history can be invented. Using the example of the fabled Indian rope trick, Lamont aims to show, and largely succeeds, how people will believe a thing is true, despite all rational evidence to the contrary, indeed despite outright denials of its existence, if it is repeated that it is true often enough.