Philip Malloy’s World: “Nothing but the Truth”
Words: 536 Pages: 2 1698The Evolution of the Title Originally, Nothing But the Truth was called Discovery. But the author (Avi) decided to revise it to its appropriate title, Nothing but the Truth. I feel that Avi decided to modify it because Discovery is not applicable to the story's theme or the problem it exposes (the distortion of Truth, which can also be called a lie). The only "discovery" found in the book is that lies are everywhere, no matter how big or small. […]