Victims of Deception
by Harry Humbug
Victims of Deception: The Humbug Handbook draws on the definition of the eighteenth century slang for something made or done to chart or deceive. Humbug is a fraud, a sham, or a hoax. It is dishonest and empty talk. It is trickery, to deceive someone.
Unfortunately hypocrisy, distortion, and double-dealing are present in large quantities, everywhere we turn. It is not difficult to find examples of humbug throughout our newspapers. Most of the examples found in Victims of Deception: The Humbug Handbook were taken from articles in The New York Times.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Very little is known about Mr. Humbug except that he is a graduate of the Polytechnic Kindergarten of Berlin, Germany, and Brown’s College (as Harry’s grandma, Flo, used to call his school in Providence, Rhode Island).
Harry made his fortune in the antiques trade, specializing in antiques from the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan. He and his wife of forty-two years, Harriet Humbug, live in Tinsel Town, New York City. They have three sons – Harpo, Graucho, and Plato – who so far seem to be rotten to the core. Their mother says that they eat the bread of idleness, piddle, and potter around. In contemplating the future of his family, Harry says, “Che sera, sera! We will see.”
(2004, paperback, 384 pages)
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days.
Victims of Deception: The Humbug Handbook draws on the definition of the eighteenth century slang for something made or done to chart or deceive. Humbug is a fraud, a sham, or a hoax. It is dishonest and empty talk. It is trickery, to deceive someone.
Unfortunately hypocrisy, distortion, and double-dealing are present in large quantities, everywhere we turn. It is not difficult to find examples of humbug throughout our newspapers. Most of the examples found in Victims of Deception: The Humbug Handbook were taken from articles in The New York Times.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Very little is known about Mr. Humbug except that he is a graduate of the Polytechnic Kindergarten of Berlin, Germany, and Brown’s College (as Harry’s grandma, Flo, used to call his school in Providence, Rhode Island).
Harry made his fortune in the antiques trade, specializing in antiques from the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan. He and his wife of forty-two years, Harriet Humbug, live in Tinsel Town, New York City. They have three sons – Harpo, Graucho, and Plato – who so far seem to be rotten to the core. Their mother says that they eat the bread of idleness, piddle, and potter around. In contemplating the future of his family, Harry says, “Che sera, sera! We will see.”
(2004, paperback, 384 pages)
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days.
