novel = book

[Jonathan Lighter]

Here's an early example by an academic - a professor of English no less.

1984 Peter C. Rollins in _American Qly._ XXXVI 424: A few novels explore
other metaphors and other themes to reveal the experience of Vietnam.
[Robert Mason's] _Chickenhawk_ explores a number of themes absent from
footsoldier reports by Caputo, Kovic, or Ehrhart.

All the books alluded to are advertised as memoirs.

JL

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 7:04 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Like, crazy, man. Wonder if Italians get as upset over what we've done to
> their <novella>.
>      Learn from King Canute and upkilt just in case.
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