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The Third Man: Summing Up the Evidence
Below I’m posting a ninth example of how John Walsh’s book The Third Man: The Official Story of the Film steals from my book In Search of The Third Man . But first it’s time briefly to take stock. A good starting-point is a Samuel Johnson quotation which I’ve already quoted: “Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.” By far the best chapter in The Third Man: The Official Story of the Film
Charles Drazin
Nov 17, 2024


Larry, Vivien and Sarah
There’s a story behind every picture, but often it can take you to a place very different from where you might have imagined. This...
Charles Drazin
Nov 12, 2024


The Third Man: Yet More Theft Part 5
This is the eighth example I’ve posted of John Walsh’s copyright infringement of my work. Page 104 of his book The Third Man: The Official Story of the Film plagiarizes pp.61–3 of my book In Search of The Third Man. First his plagiarizing text: And here is the passage from my book that he plagiarizes: Following the same approach that I ’ve analysed already in so many previous examples , Walsh uses mostly his own words, but paraphrases my content: his choice of what details t
Charles Drazin
Nov 10, 2024
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