Atonement- that lie is the center of *everything* that blows up.
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One of the side plots in One Hundred Years of Solitude explores this too. A character is so concerned with keeping up appearances that she hides some *very* critical information that could have prevented a major tragedy.
intellipengy on
Not exactly a lie, more about the consequences of what seems like a harmless prank.
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Atonement- that lie is the center of *everything* that blows up.
One of the side plots in One Hundred Years of Solitude explores this too. A character is so concerned with keeping up appearances that she hides some *very* critical information that could have prevented a major tragedy.
Not exactly a lie, more about the consequences of what seems like a harmless prank.
Try FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, by Thomas Hardy.