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Title: Sentimental Fraud
Review: The book is a fabrication, as the author has admitted -- Google for "Apology to Australian Elders" to see the details.If you are American, try imagining how you would react to a similar book which purported to be about a lost tribe of Native Americans -- you probably wouldn't believe it. It's only because Australia is far away from this book's target market, and Aboriginal culture is almost completely unknown to its readers, that the author managed to get away with her fraud.And if you knew this book was a fantasy novel, you would be less likely to respond with the awe and emotion that more gullible readers have reported. There are genuine communities of people on this Earth who lead lives which are exemplary in some respects; so there is really no excuse for inventing a new breed of "noble savage".
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