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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: roman á clef

roman á clef stories: 2 news summaries
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Ex-Wife's Novel Details Taylor's Marital Breakup

Publisher of ex-wife's A Stopover in Venice downplays a big selling point

Jul 21, 08 6:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Book-jacket fodder that could alone put a novel on the bestseller list is curiously absent from Kathryn Walker’s debut, A Stopover in Venice, Celia McGee notes in the New York Times—though it’s a fictional account of her unhappy marriage to James Taylor. The musician comes in for... More »

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fiction • roman á clef • Venice • Kathryn Walker • James Taylor • Carly Simon • Jason Robards

How to Weather a Roman á Clef

What do you do when the villain in your ex-employee's novel seems awfully familiar?

Nov 2, 07 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:
  1. Request an advance copy from the author, not the publisher.
  2. Get together with your legal and
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Wall Street • list • The Devil Wears Prada • novel • roman á clef

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