What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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ABANDONED. Mock romance novel written in latter half of 20th century by two authors as a joke to critical acclaim.
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The plot was about an attractive (possibly one-legged) young woman who, despite her innocent/naive approach (or because of it) finds herself in precarious and silly sexual situations with men.
They wrote it more or less on a whim, just for fun, but the literary press thought it was a brilliant work, one of the authors said something to this effect:
'It was like vomiting in the street, and everyone crowding around it and calling it brilliant. But then you get another look of the thing, and you say "Jesus, they're right."'
I wish I had more info, but if anyone can help me find the thing, I'd be delighted.