A World-Beating British Liar by Susan Price
And no, for once I don't mean Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. (Although he is one.) The Swan Inn, Newport, Shropshire - for credit, follow link. In my blog last month , I told of jaw-dropping deceptions. My latest book, Bad Girl, features just such a conscience-free liar and I wanted to demonstrate that I wasn’t, entirely, making it up. (Though, obviously, some of it...) Bad Girl by Susan Price People fall for these enormous lies precisely because they can't believe them. They think, 'No one could expect to get away with a lie as unlikely, brazen and ridiculous as that. So it must be true.' If you want a lie to be believed, make it a big one. This month’s despicable scammer was born Robert Freegard but adopted the posh double-barrelled surname ‘Hendy-Freegard’, as becomes a con-artist. I’m not going to pander to his pretensions, so I shall refer to him as ‘Freegard.’ In 1992, Freegard worked in Newport, Shropshire, as a barman in The Swan. Three st...