Good move by the publisher. Hope she has to give the money back too.
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Her "excuse" is bull
Although I have never written a novel, the idea that a writer "unintentionally borrowed material" from another book is complete bull. Like many other disgraced writers and journalists, this won't ruin (as it well should) her career
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Good move by the publisher. Hope she has to give the money back too.
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How Gatsby Got Wild
By JOHN KENNEY
A new novel, identical to ''The Great Gatsby'' by F. Scott
Fitzgerald, except for the author's name.
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MR. KENNEY I have very little time to read when I'm writing but Scott Fitzgerald and certainly Don DeLillo are both very big influences. I'm very familiar with their work.
MR. KING Are there similarities between your new novel, "The Great Gatsby" and "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
MR. KENNEY Not so much "similarities." They're actually identical.
MR. KING I see.
MR. KENNEY Except for my name as author.
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