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Originally Posted by David
roman Ã* clef -- popular literary type:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_%C3%A0_clef
These things are enjoyable to the extent that 1) you are interested in the real-life people or events being fictionalized, & 2) the writer is good. My favorite roman Ã* clef is a novel called "Curtains" by Michael Korda, which depicts in a fictionalized account the West End actors of the 1940s & 1950s -- the Mayfair crowd of Shakespeareans at the Old Vic, iincluding the Oliviers, Gielgud, the Richardsons, the Redgraves, the Quayles, &c. |
I ve never heard of Curtains, it sounds a fantastic book. Hopefully Korda didn't say too much about the Oliviers... It could have been embarassing.
Romy
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