"fiction novel"

[Jonathan Lighter]

According to _Fox & Friends_ today, "Deepak Chopra has written a fiction novel called _Buddha_."

  Strong emphasis on "fiction," as though the phrase were equivalent to "romance novel" or "adventure novel."

  JL


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