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Need a Blurb? Meet the Usual Suspects

New writers' book jackets reveal the top 10 lazy comparisons

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 7, 2009 5:43 PM CST

(Newser) – Blurbs for hot new writers' books unfailingly liken them to a handful of known quantities, Chris Rovzar observes in New York. Here are some of the most-abused blurb comparisons:

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald or Edith Wharton. Writing about crumbling, decadent high society? "If you're a
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