3rd paragraph: "All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate."
You should have indicated why you think it's laughable, but since you didn't, I'll explain why I think so too.
There is a contingent here on this forum that thinks that at least this claim is legitimate or can be considered legitimate. Do I have to bring up the old example of Kurosawa's Rashomon? (I mean this is freshman college stuff.) OK, if you think Brown's declaration can be taken at face value, describe to me, let's say, the Lincoln Monument in D.C. I'll then describe it to you. Our descriptions will differ, won't they. Which one is accurate? That depends on the meaning of "is", doesn't it. That's why such a declaration, the likes of which I for one haven't seen in any literary work, is laughable to this cat.
nicely done
thank you for "extending and revising" my remarks.
And you're right, I should have spelled out why it was laughable.