The Hoax.

Quadrant | November 1, 1997| | Copyright

by Sophie Masson; Minerva, 1997, $16.95.

In an essay on the nature of hoaxes ("Abyss or Fairground Mirror", Quadrant, June 1997) Sophie Masson wrote: "Hoaxes inhabit strange territory indeed: in most cases they are not crimes, but still have some of crime's characteristics, particularly in their effects on their targets. Similarly, most hoaxers are not criminals but nevertheless their motives range over a rather similar gamut, from the psychopathic to the cynical, with all the gradations in between."

Perhaps in the motives psychopathic Masson includes ...

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