'novel' strikes again

[Jonathan Lighter]

Senility alert! The correct title, of course, is _Bombs Away_.

JL


On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> Last time we looked, it meant any book of narrative prose - or at least a
> book.
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> But now....
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> Amazon advertises John Steinbeck's nonfiction wartime account _Bomber Crew_
> as,
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> "A magnificent volume of short novels and an essential World War II report
> from one of America's great twentieth-century writers."
>
> (That's Amazon talking, not a semi-literate "reviewer.")
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> The "novels" are chapters.
>
> Coming soon: "novel" = 'short poem.'
>
> Or is it here already?
>
> JL
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