"Murphy's Law" (1955)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Wilson Gray wrote:

> "Murphy's Law was first formulated by Samuel Beckett in his novel
> named, of course, _Murphy_, which was first published in 1938.

This would be great if it were true, but the assertion is bogus.

Fred Shapiro


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