Mansions, promises, sinking towns: Paul Barry looks at how one man fooled the world
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-09-16 15:15 UTC+10:00
Section: Culture / Books
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Health, Culture & Entertainment, Indigenous, World News
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A delusional psychosis of self-entitlement. Is this a diagnosis to be found in psychiatry textbooks? Possibly not, but after reading Paul Barry’s The Big Steal I’m thinking that there’s a sound argument for an entire chapter.
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