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The Group, 1963, is the best known novel by American writer Mary McCarthy. It made the New York Times Best Seller list in 1963[1] and remained there for almost two years.
The novel caused such a scandal that it was banned in Australia. When an editor suggested to Candace Bushnell that she write "the modern-day version of The Group", she wrote Sex and the City, a collection of revealing essays that became the popular TV series and film. As Bushnell summarizes; "The Group reminds us that not much has really changed." Except that today, most of these topics are not as taboo.
