Word: nonauthor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...novel-a "turbulent, turgid, tempestuous" composite of "Frank Yerby, Kathleen Windsor and Norman Vincent Peale." The book was first conceived as a hoax to shatter the faith of day people in their own "book lists." Shepherd urged fans to canvass shops for the nonexistent title I, Libertine, ascribed to "nonauthor than" Frederick R. Ewing, "well-remembered for his BBC talks" on 18th century erotica. By noon next day, one Manhattan store had received some 30 orders. The title mysteriously appeared on Boston's list of banned books. Enterprising Publisher Ian Ballantine quickly had publicity-prone Shepherd ghostwrite such...
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