Comments on: UNICEF Can’t Confirm Beah’s Claims About Camp Deaths https://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/unicef-cant-confirm-beahs-claims-about-camp-deaths/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:48:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ggelliott https://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/unicef-cant-confirm-beahs-claims-about-camp-deaths/#comment-5925 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:34:01 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=893#comment-5925 Can’t help but wonder…what other notable examples are there of fraudulent works? Is there a list somewhere?

I guess that could be an interesting contest–uncover those that until now have not been caught.

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By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom https://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/unicef-cant-confirm-beahs-claims-about-camp-deaths/#comment-5923 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:23:53 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=893#comment-5923 GG: You are so right that the thread runs through more than one post (and in even more ways than you’ve suggested).

We maybe seeing more questionable memoirs partly because publishers know that most book-review editors don’t have the space or time to give many books that close scrutiny that they deserve. So publishers can spin their books however they like through their marketing … and they may get lucky and not get caught.
Jan

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By: ggelliott https://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/unicef-cant-confirm-beahs-claims-about-camp-deaths/#comment-5922 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:41:50 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=893#comment-5922 But of course the question is rhetorical, for the answer is obvious.

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By: ggelliott https://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/unicef-cant-confirm-beahs-claims-about-camp-deaths/#comment-5921 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:25:11 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=893#comment-5921 I believe the saddest thing about all this is that, if you combine this thread with your other one regarding book reviews, one can see a commonality with regards to the futures of books/publishing/readers.

So one more question: Why are those charged with the responsibility of ensuring a healthy future for the industry the same individuals and organizations that are furthering its deterioration?

The worms in the apples are threatening the whole tree.

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By: mickoshay https://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/unicef-cant-confirm-beahs-claims-about-camp-deaths/#comment-5920 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:16:16 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=893#comment-5920 The scary thing is, there’ll be more memoirsworthshit coming down the pike soon. Trust me.

Leaving me no choice but to write a guide for editors, agents and publishers called, “How to Spot a ConMan writer or ConWoman Writer or ConChild Writer When You See One.” Some pre-released examples, that may hopefully halt projects in the making now:

Number one, if I tell you I was raised by crocodiles in the Amazon River, feel free to check with my siblings. Just watch your step.

Number two If I tell you I attempted to commit suicide by sabotaging my own bungee chord but still managed to survive a ten thousand foot fall, please by all means make the jump and see for yourself.

Number three If I tell you that at the tender age of nine months I knew how to assemble an AK47 Assault rifle, could knock down a baby bottle from fifty feet away, and was subsequently recruited by the mafia by the age of two, leaving a trail of bodies by the age of seven, please by all means check with my familia.

And be sure to check out my follow up book for agents, editors and publishers called, “The Idiot’s guide to successfully negotiating the minefield you created by taking on a memoir that reeked of FRAUD.”

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By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom https://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/unicef-cant-confirm-beahs-claims-about-camp-deaths/#comment-5918 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:12:53 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=893#comment-5918 These are my questions, EXACTLY. Why aren’t you an editor? You might have saved me (and others) a lot of frustration …

The other question is: Why do Beah and his editors keep standing by a story that is so full of holes like this one?

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By: ggelliott https://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/unicef-cant-confirm-beahs-claims-about-camp-deaths/#comment-5917 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:50:41 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=893#comment-5917 The obvious question must be voiced:

How? How is it that no one checked the veracity of this work?

So many opportunities for verification–so little accomplished. HOW?

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