Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, says he wants to draw blood and expose liars with his upcoming book, InterInventions. Wole Soyinka said on Saturday, that the book will be his revenge
against those who have issued public and unprovoked lies against him.
The famed literary icon revealed this at the formal inauguration of The Wole Soyinka Foundation, a retreat haven for writers. Soyinka said the book- ‘InterInventions, Between Defective Memory and Public Lie, A Personal Odyssey in The Republic of Liars’- is the nastiest thing he’s ever written.
The Nobel Laureate stated that it was unfortunate that public lies
have become a fast-growing industry that is made even more popular with
social media. He said: “(InterInventions), it is the nastiest book I have ever
written. It is so truthful that it hurts… it is my vengeance against
public lies. It is not one of the butterfly books. No, it is not a
butterfly book.
“I want to draw blood (with it). I’m warning all of you, if you feel
vengeful, read this book and you will be alright. It is like homeopathic
medicine.”
Soyinka added that there is the need for a “ritual of public
purgation where both sides – such victims of lies and the traducers, are
brought together before the public tribunal for the world to know the
truth.”
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