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The Karmesin Affair

Gerald Kersh

First published December 1962
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Karmesin

Synopsis

Karmesin relates to Kersh how, to help save a friend's private library, he spun a hoax theory about Francis Bacon being the author of Shakespeare's <i>Hamlet</i>.

Publications (4)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1962 The Saturday Evening Post, December 15, 1962 MAGAZINE
June 2003 Karmesin: World's Greatest Criminal – or Most Outrageous Liar Crippen & Landru Publishers Collection 151|18
June 2003 Karmesin: World's Greatest Criminal – or Most Outrageous Liar Crippen & Landru Publishers Collection 151
September 2016 Karmesin: World's Greatest Criminal – or Most Outrageous Liar Crippen & Landru Publishers Collection |18