novel = book

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/1/2014 05:04 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

>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.

Minor premise:  All memoirs are fiction.

Conclusion follows.

Joel


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