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...similarities in the language, structure and characters already found in these works, we are certain that some literal copying actually occurred here," Min Jung Lee, the assistant general counsel of Random House, wrote in an April 22 letter to Carol Ross, the general counsel of Little, Brown, which released Viswanathan??s debut novel “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life” this month...
...wrote that Viswanathan??s novel “contains passages that are identical or strikingly similar to passages found” in McCafferty’s two works. The Crimson first reported the similarities on its website early Sunday morning. In total, The Crimson has identified more than a dozen such passages...
...parallels between Viswanathan??s novel and McCafferty’s second work are equally striking. For instance, page 67 of “Second Helpings” reads: “...but in a truly sadomasochistic dieting gesture, they chose to buy their Diet Cokes at Cinnabon...
When asked whether Random House had contacted Viswanathan??s publisher, Little, Brown, about the matter, Applebaum said: “Publishing protocol dictates that one contacts the publisher of the book whose text may bear alleged similarities. So it is customary, it would be customary, for us to reach out to the publisher you name...
DreamWorks has purchased the movie rights to Viswanathan??s novel. A DreamWorks spokesman, Bob Feldman, said Saturday night that the studio could not immediately comment on the matter...