Julian Symons, an expert on the detective novel, claimed that the Maigret novels were not really part of that genre, because, he said, Simenon was not interested in detection.
On Thursday's "Late Night," actress Ann Dowd — who plays the ruthless Aunt Lydia in Hulu's TV adaption of Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel — claimed her character "would make mincemeat" of the White House press secretary.
An "erotic cult novel" claims the blurb on the back, and that is, if you will excuse the phrase, bang on.
The Catholic Church cannot have failed to notice that Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code," a novel claiming that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, has been a Times best-seller list nearly 3 years now.
Mort Janklow, Harris' agent at the time, told the Los Angeles Times that Foster, Hopkins, and Demme would soon receive manuscripts of the novel, claiming it would make an unbelievable film.
Former Ian Fleming collaborators Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham sued Fleming shortly after the 1961 publication of the Thunderball novel, claiming he based it upon the screenplay the trio had earlier written in a failed cinematic translation of James Bond.
Several Peruvian generals attacked the novel, claiming that it was the work of a "degenerate mind" and stating that Vargas Llosa was "paid by Ecuador" to undermine the prestige of the Peruvian Army.
Thunderball was associated with a legal dispute in 1961 when former Ian Fleming collaborators Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham sued him shortly after the 1961 publication of the novel, claiming he based it upon the screenplay the trio had earlier written in a failed cinematic translation of James Bond.
A novel, claims-based algorithm to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of rheumatoid arthritis medications has been developed and its performance seems promising, although further validation is needed.
In the current issue of Arthritis Research & Therapy, Curtis and colleagues present the development and validation of a novel, claims-based algorithm to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of RA medications [ 1].
Similarly, many novels claim to show us the dark heart of modern marriage, but only a few pull it off with real panache.
