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  <title>Ambition and Lies: Untangling Literary Deceptions</title>
  <description>Have you ever been caught in a lie? Maybe just a small one. Borne out of a misunderstanding. Never intended to be told. But one lie leads to another.&amp;amp;nbsp;“It’s easier to go along with it than to explain the whole truth,” you tell yourself. That’s exactly where the protagonist of Dominic Amerena’s debut novel, I Want Everything, finds himself. Dom is a masterful storyteller. We talked about truth and lies, wild years abroad, plot twists, and just what lengths someone will go to when they’re desperate, ambitious, and out of options. I Want Everything,&amp;amp;nbsp;which has been praised as &amp;quot;the funniest novel of 2025&amp;quot; is available for pre-order here  now, releasing on April 30 by Simon &amp;amp;amp; Schuster. –  Shop Latest  Discover Bespoke This episode was live-recorded on Wurundjeri country. Cleopatra's Bling Podcast was produced by&amp;amp;nbsp;Zoltan Fecso&amp;amp;nbsp;and the CB team. Original music by Cameron Alva.&amp;amp;nbsp; </description>
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