nonfiction novel?

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Mar 5, 2014, at 6:12 AM, "David A. Daniel" <dad at POKERWIZ.COM> wrote:

> From CNN.com: "That year's fair was known as "The White City," and it is the
> backdrop for Erik Larson's nonfiction novel "The Devil in the White City."
> The book is reportedly being made into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio."
> Nonfiction novel?

this is very old news.  from Wikipedia:

The non-fiction novel is a literary genre which, broadly speaking, depicts real historical figures and actual events woven together with fictitious conversations and using the storytelling techniques of fiction.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fiction_novel

Capote's In Cold Blood (1966) is perhaps the most famous in the genre, but scarcely the first.

arnold

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