The Coptic church has denounced the novel as offensive for its violent portrait of one of the church's founding fathers, St Cyril, the so-called "Pillar of Faith".
The observation was neither novel or offensive but the choice of such phrases as "the balance of our human stock is threatened" invited misrepresentation.
The Australian novelist Harry Nicolaides, who remains incarcerated in Thailand after his novel was deemed offensive to the Thai monarchy, may receive a pardon.
They decide to write their own offensive novel, The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs (which they originally called The Tale of Scrotie McDickinass), with the intention of disgusting as many people as possible.
Stomach-turning, sick-making, rancid, repugnant, repellent, squalid, odious, fetid, disgusting — there is a thesaurus full of terms to describe the contents of Bruce Wagner's willfully offensive new novel, "Dead Stars".
A disclaimer reads: "If any of the matter of this novel should be found offensive by anyone, we understand (if not completely) and suggest you find another book to read".
Another novel aspect of the offensive used by the attackers, which was extensively commented upon by American journalist Timothy Turner who was observing the battle from El Paso, was the rotation of troops that the rebels employed.
In 2006, Muslim students at Nova Southeastern University in Florida objected to author Salman Rushdie because they found parts of his novel "The Satanic Verses" offensive — never mind that he had been tormented for almost a decade by an edict from the religious leader of Iran calling for his execution.
Much of the year's literary output had a provocative quality; as a result, a number of novels were banned for offensive contents, and many works written in China were published first abroad.
Gretzky also invented a novel route into the opposing offensive zone.
