Word: novelabout
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Dates: during 1987-1987
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...been a heavy vetting of manuscripts by the legal departments of major publishers. Because first novels, which The Bell Jar was, are so often disguised autobiography, they get special attention. Says a New York publishing-house lawyer: "If a 23-year-old Columbia graduate comes in with a first novelabout a 22-year-old Columbia student, alarms go off around here." Hmmm. The ironies and twists of the Bell Jar case would make great material for a young writer. On second thought, maybe...
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