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David Foster Wallace's 'Pale King' And Bret Easton Ellis' Lunar Park': Fictional Novels Starring Non-Fictional Authors

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First Posted: 02/02/11 11:41 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:30 PM ET

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Authors often appear in their own works of fiction as thinly veiled surrogates -- Kilgore Trout is widely believed to be Kurt Vonnegut's alter ego, and Hunter S. Thompson is barely distinguishable from Raoul Duke -- but occasionally authors also infiltrate their own stories as characters named for themselves.

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Authors often appear in their own works of fiction as thinly veiled surrogates -- Kilgore Trout is widely believed to be Kurt Vonnegut's alter ego, and Hunter S. Thompson is barely distinguishable fro...
Authors often appear in their own works of fiction as thinly veiled surrogates -- Kilgore Trout is widely believed to be Kurt Vonnegut's alter ego, and Hunter S. Thompson is barely distinguishable fro...
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03:46 PM on 02/03/2011
"Fictional Novels Starring Non-Fictional Authors"

No thanks. I prefer my novels to be non-fiction. Fictional novels are just so ... fake. It's almost like they're made up or something. Gees.
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