Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Roman a clef

Roman a clef: This is French for 'a novel with a key', anddescribes a novel about real life, overlain with a façade of fiction. Fictitiousnames actually represent real people, and the 'key' works through therelationship between the reality and the fiction. This 'key' may be producedseparately by the author, or deduced through the use of literary devices like epigraphs.
Examples of Roman a clef novels are:
Glenarvon (1816) by Lady Caroline Lamb: chronicles her affair with Lord Byron,who is thinly disguised as the title character.The Carpetbaggers (1961) by Harold Robbins: fictionalizedversion of Hollywood exploits of Howard Hughes and actress Jean Harlow.The Ghost (2007) by Robert Harris: the character of AdamLang is loosely based on former Prime Minister Tony Blair. The Ghost Writer isa movie by Director Roman Polanski who turned the book into a film with PierceBrosnan playing the character. 
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