The novel was long believed to be autobiographical, a belief lent credence by Kosinski, who variously described it as biographical, semi-biographical and "auto-fiction," a fictionalized account of true events.
In 1931, Heyer released The Conqueror, her first novel of historical fiction to give a fictionalized account of real historical events.
Lewis's 1954 novel, Self-Condemned, is a fictionalized account of those years.
In 1947, the Scottish novelist Compton Mackenzie wrote a fictionalized account of the wreck and its aftermath, called "Whisky Galore".
In 1965, Natacha Stewart wrote "Bottles," a fictionalized account of an interview with the reclusive Bolognese artist.
Faces in the Water (1961) is a fictionalized account of her time in New Zealand mental institutions.
Ezzedine C. Fishere, an Egyptian novelist, has been serializing a fictionalized account of the revolution and its aftermath.
Both pieces will accompany a new silent film, "Louis," a fictionalized account of the childhood of Louis Armstrong.
One of his late novels is Kōshi (1989; Confucius), a fictionalized account of the life of Confucius.
Izumo no Okuni (1969; Kabuki Dancer) is a fictionalized account of the life of the inventor of kabuki.
In "Conversation," Marek Nowakowski presented a fictionalized account of an interrogation that drew subtle links between victim and executioner.
