Rural France Archives

12 Mar

Towards the next novel

March 15, 2011And on reading War and Peace (Tolstoi), On War (Clausewitz) and War (Sun Tsu) Having just finished the first draft of the novel "Wounded," I have been thinking...

A subway platform with a deceptive advertisement reading 'Hang on... I think it might be a trap.'

25 Jun

This Web Log is about…

Deception / Publishing / Russia / Soviet Union

The purpose of this website is to make sense of the liars whom I've lived and worked for, among, and against. There are moments when I shake with rage at...

Two faces merging, one overlapping the other in a surreal style.

08 Sep

Pricipals of deception, or “Rules in a knife fight”

Deception / Soviet Union

You are traversing a large and dark room. Dim bulbs glow and extinguish, here and there, without illumination. There is sound; now loud, now low, its source and direction uncertain,...

Soviet-era illustration with a happy family reading Pravda and a worried yellow figure.

18 Sep

All deception is based on truth

Deception / Soviet Union / Uncategorized

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â A first rule of deception is truth. All deception works within the context of what is true. All deception works within the context of honesty. Deception is the deliberate...