A Fabulous Liar

(Hardback, Main)

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Joschi Molnar is an enigma: father, Holocaust survivor, wit, and fabulous liar. After his death his three surviving children are left with contrasting versions of his life, yet corresponding attitudes to their childhood: thirty years since Joschi Molnar died, his lasting legacy is one of confusion, unanswered questions, and irrevocable differences. On what would have been their father's 100th birthday, the Molnar children stage a reunion; but in the genteel hush of a Weimar restaurant, as they remember the man that none of them really knew, their shared history dissolves into tall tales, fights, confessions and laughter. By the end of the night, the riddle of Joschi Molnar will be solved, and the family will reach their conclusion in the cells of the town police station.

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Told brilliantly, it is amusing and tragi-comic * Buchjournal *
Both moving and devastatingly funny * Bayerischer Rundfunk *

Author Bio

Susann Pasztor was born in 1957. After studying art and education, she initially illustrated others' children's books before she began writing her own. Since 1991 she has worked as a freelance journalist, author, copywriter and translator. A Fabulous Liar is her first novel.