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Latest revision as of 00:00, 6 July 2020

The "unreliable narrator trope" is when the story is told from the perspective of someone who cannot be trusted to produce factual recounts of the events that take place.

For a list of books on BTW with this trope, click here.

Notable Examples

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  • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
  • House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski