Verbal narrative, third person, but not fully omniscient, makes an appearance in only one of the Klail City Death Trip series novels, Partners in Crime . The characters may dissemble, or lie, but there is an underlying truth that can be discerned. I'm saying that it's very difficult to ascertain what the truth is. I'm not talking about point of view. He sips his iced tea.
People use their imagination more than they use their intellect.
And the reason is that the imagination is very active and inventive while the intellect is not. The intellect is very lazy. We prefer, really, not to use our intellect. So you use your imagination. So I figure, well, the writer shouldn't know everything.