The Trouble With Harry

摘要

"Is the truth, the truth?" asks the cover of "Verisimilitude", a novel by Harry Nicolaides. On January 19th a Thai criminal court ruled that it was a little too close for comfort. Citing a paragraph in the book on the lurid private life of an unnamed crown prince, the court convicted its author of dishonouring Thailand's royal family. By the standards of the country's lese-majeste laws, Mr Nicolaides, an Australian, got off lightly. He was sentenced to three years in jail, reduced from six years, after he pleaded guilty. He is now seeking a royal pardon and deportation to Australia.