coraa: (carmen sandiego)
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I have a reason for this inquiry, which will be explained in the fullness of time!

I'm looking for suggestions of books with unreliable narrators where the narrator is female (besides Larbalestier's Liar, which I've already got in mind). I'd prefer speculative or historical fiction, but if you have a great example from another genre, by all means share it.

Secondarily, I'd love suggestions of books prominently featuring female liars (or con artists) regardless of whether they're unreliable narrators. Again, speculative or historical fiction preferred, but great examples from other genres would be useful too.

The books don't necessarily have to be good, for what it's worth.

([livejournal.com profile] rachelmanija and [livejournal.com profile] sartorias and I tried to think of examples in the car, but with limited success.)

Date: 2010-10-13 06:23 pm (UTC)
jazzfish: Owly, reading (Owly)
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ooh, interesting.

Jane Eyre isn't wholly reliable from the perspective of Wide Sargasso Sea, but that's not at all what you're asking for.

Mickle, from Lloyd Alexander's Westmark, takes to the life of a con artist like a duck to water. I have an idea that there are other Alexandrine street-urchin heroines who lie and con but I may be imagining it.

Stepping outside the genre, I would imagine that noir is filled with such women. Brigid O'Shaughnessy from The Maltese Falcon comes immediately to mind.

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