The Onion posts a short bit: Novelist Thinks People Shrug 10 Times More Than They Actually Do. In this case the title is almost as long as the blurb itself and really says it all, as far as the story is concerned.
Miss Snark reposts a Publishers Weekly story about a libel judgement against a man for writing a book in which he alleges his ex-wife -- whom he names -- plargarizes her books and once hired a hit man to kill him. The wronged author, who is obviously well quit of her ex-husband, got $230,000 in real damages from the publisher of the libellous book, print-on-demand outfit AuthorHouse.
Can I just say: dude, this is the main reason the roman à clef was invented -- so you can trash people. But you have to fictionalize it, ya know (or as Miss Snark would put it, yanno).
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