Imitating Art

Teacher Michael Chalk was reading a book in a pub in Cairns, in the north of Australia. Odd, you might say, but is it a crime? Bouncers in the bar thought it might be and escorted Chalk out of the bar, citing other patron's concerns about his choice of reading material.

And just what was the dangerous book in question? It was The Unknown Terrorist. In the novel, the protagonist is mistakenly identified as a terrorist, and Kafka-esque non-hilarity ensues. It's fiction. Yeah, fiction.

Details are here.--David E