Lies Are Illegal In The 'Golden State' Of Ben Winters
In his new book, the author imagines a world where officers known as Speculators track down liars, in a cross between a dystopian novel and a classic detective story.
Imagine a world where lying is against the law. You might expect that any place that values truth so highly would be a utopia — but the world writer Ben Winters has created in Golden State is far from idyllic. And though it's set in the future, it's very much based on our current political moment.
Winters says he knows exactly when he started writing : The day following President Trump's inauguration. Specifically, it was after "the
