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ARTY FICTIVE RIP / AND HEELS

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PHIL SPECTOR / LANA CLARKSON
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Nice work, Alexa!
 

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ARTY FICTIVE RIP / AND HEELS

1. Novel and its author
2. An example of a specific sub-genre which has at least a couple of very well-known examples (this one is perhaps around third/fourth in fame/popularity within that sub-genre, I think, though I happen strongly to prefer it to either of the "classics", myself)
 

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1. Novel and its author
2. An example of a specific sub-genre which has at least a couple of very well-known examples (this one is perhaps around third/fourth in fame/popularity within that sub-genre, I think, though I happen strongly to prefer it to either of the "classics", myself)
3. I think this is - strangely - the only novel of this author that hasn't ever been filmed
 

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ARTY FICTIVE RIP / AND HEELS

1. Novel and its author
2. An example of a specific sub-genre which has at least a couple of very well-known examples (this one is perhaps around third/fourth in fame/popularity within that sub-genre, I think, though I happen strongly to prefer it to either of the "classics", myself)
3. I think this is - strangely - the only novel of this author that hasn't ever been filmed
4. One of this author's many plays became a successful movie with Michael Caine
5. Not an obscure author at all - I'd imagine that almost everyone here will have heard of at least 3 or 4 movies made from his novels (even if they wouldn't necessarily immediately be able to name the author)
 

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Ah, yes indeed ... well done! :)

(People sometimes mention it in the same sort of context as Huxley's "Brave New World" and Orwell's "1984", as dystopian/futuristic novels - I think it's actually a far better book than either.)

"Christ, Marx, Wood and Wei,
led us to this perfect day
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Unbelievable that it hasn't been filmed. It's so good, and has so much potential, that even a "gifted director" couldn't do too much damage to it ...
 

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NONVIABLE REVOLTS / MAIO CHERUB / MA TANNED


1. Author's birth name / Author's legal name / Author's pseudonym
2. When starting out, this prolific author published a short story under his birth name.
3. He soon changed his name legally and began publishing books under his new name and also under a pseudonym.
4. He has occasionally used other pseudonyms, as well.
 

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SALVATORE LOMBINO / EVAN HUNTER / ED MCBAIN ;)
 

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MAINLINE / WEEKEND WORDILY

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MAINLINE / WEEKEND WORDILY

1. Novel and its author
2. Set in the Great Depression
3. Some of the characters return in later books
 

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1. Novel / Author
2. Also takes place during the Great Depression.
 

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1. Novel / Author
2. Like the previous scramble, takes place during the Great Depression.
3. This is one of the author's six published novels. He also wrote short stories and poetry and published over 60 books in all.
 

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1. Novel / Author
2. Like the previous scramble, takes place during the Great Depression.
3. This is one of the author's six published novels. He also wrote short stories and poetry and published over 60 books in all.
4. Time called the author "a laureate of American lowlife."

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1. Novel / Author
2. Like the previous scramble, takes place during the Great Depression.
3. This is one of the author's six published novels. He also wrote short stories and poetry and published over 60 books in all.
4. Time called the author "a laureate of American lowlife."
5. The last word in the title is also the last word in the title of one of the best-known novels of the 20th century, and some people think the author meant this title to be a jab at the more famous book.


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HAM ON RYE / CHARLES BUKOWKSI

Eew, made heavy weather of this one ... :tongue
 

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HER JERSEY UNSIGNED / EDIFICE FUGITIVES

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Very well done, Alexa! I know it was a toughie. :snoopy:




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HER JERSEY UNSIGNED / EDIFICE FUGITIVES

1. Novel and its author
2. Written in the 1990's
3. Set in the 1970's
4. There's an element of "Greek chorus" (almost) in the book
 

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HER JERSEY UNSIGNED / EDIFICE FUGITIVES

1. Novel and its author
2. Written in the 1990's
3. Set in the 1970's
4. There's an element of "Greek chorus" (almost) in the book
5. The movie was produced by the director's father
6. The book's written, unusually, in the first person plural
 

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THE VIRGIN SUICIDES / JEFFREY EUGENIDES




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GEL GENE ELM OR HETERO / TWIRLS POANAU

1. Novel's original title / Author
2. The actual title is shorter
3. Almost everyone knows the actual title of this book, whether s/he has read it or not.




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