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Lies for an audience of one: life as a biographer for hire

Brisbane Times
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Like Pol Pot’s portraitist, the big man’s scribe is on shaky ground.

Headline as published: Pretty lies for an audience of one: life as a biographer for hire

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Brisbane Timesas they published this story 22.1

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