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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, Newser User

Posted Nov 2, 2007 12:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – 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.

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