More Lies

by Richard James Allen Narrated by Jadzea Allen, Richard James Allen

Overview

More Lies is an offbeat comedy thriller - a playful hybrid of fiction, poetry and monologue - about a writer writing to stay alive. A timely satire on the nature of truth and trust, the novel opens with 'our hero' being held hostage in their New York apartment, forced to type to hide the manoeuvres of a femme fatale, holding a pearl-handled gun, and her brother, a small-time thug with big-time ambitions. Through a series of lies, backflips and alternative versions of this wild tale of assassination, lost gold, betrayal, passion and identity theft, the author moves from being a trapped hack, forced to prostitute themselves, to dazzling the world with the acrobatics of their imagination, to the heart of the matter: storytelling is all that is keeping them alive.

Richard James Allen is an Australian writer, filmmaker and performer, based in Sydney/Gadigal. A founder and co-artistic director with Karen Pearlman of the multi-award-winning Physical TV Company, his work has been screened, broadcast, published and presented on six continents. Richard's thirteenth book, Text Messages from the Universe'(Flying Island Books, 2023), was a finalist for three international awards. A film adaptation won six awards and was nominated for Best Narrative Feature Film at the ATOM Awards. In an earlier incarnation, his novel More Lies was shortlisted for the Griffin Award for New Australian Playwriting. Richard was thrilled to collaborate with Jadzea Allen and John Hresc on the audiobook narration, which had its festival premiere at the 2025 FLICKERS' Rhode Island International Film Festival.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

A wonderfully warped journey into an unravelling psyche, and a joyous celebration of the necessity of story.

- James Bradley, author of Ghost Species

Richard James Allen takes the world of Raymond Chandler - the mysterious murder, the femme fatale, the world-weary observer - and turns it on its head. We end up with a funny, provocative novel that shakes up how we think about reality.

- Anton Enus, SBS

A phantasmagoric, avant-garde story set in a lost New York, Richard James Allen's More Lies both entertains and provokes as it reveals a world where 'truth is never enough/Or it's unlikeable.' A fluid narrative forward motion and a sense of the fundamental mystery of it all have never been so closely intertwined.

- Nicholas Birns, New York University

Enjoyed More Lies in one hit - like swallowing a tab spiked with speed - with Raymond Chandler's spook dealing and watching from the corner.

- Rae Desmond Jones, author of The End of the Line

Product Details

BN ID:	2940195211486
Publisher:	Interactive Publications
Publication date:	09/14/2025
Edition description:	Unabridged

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