In the end, "Fauna" aspires to a long, venerable tradition of literary hoaxes and fabrications; its natural habitat would seem to be the book.

Its title is a reference to the literary hoax Naked Came the Stranger.

Wonders of Maharal "is generally recognized in academic circles to be a literary hoax".

There were cases of literary hoaxes, where authors made up a translated source.

Her best-selling book, which purported to describe the honor killing of her best friend, was exposed as a literary hoax the next year.

After the revelation of her literary hoax made headline news, she moved back to the United States.

Naked Came the Stranger is a 1969 novel written as a literary hoax poking fun at contemporary American culture.

This may be the most remarkable literary hoax in American history.

In 2001, The Guardian included the book in its list of "Top Ten literary hoaxes".

The subjects of Gander's formally innovative essays range from snapping turtles to translation to literary hoaxes.