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How to Weather a Roman á Clef
What do you do when the villain in your ex-employee's novel seems awfully familiar?
By Sophie Goldstein
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Posted Nov 2, 07 12:05 PM CDT
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Lauren Weisberger's thinly veiled tell-all, The Devil Wears Prada, raked Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour over the coals. Wall Street speared Ivan Boesky. Survive an embittered underling's shenanigans with these tips from Portfolio:
- Request an advance copy from the author, not the publisher.
- Get together with your legal and PR teams.
- Make a joke out of it.
- Use it for publicity.
- If the book comes up, say how much you enjoyed it.
- Get over it.