roman a clef
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After all, her next book is a roman à clef about Gala, and writing about a woman who might be in dire straits would be exploitative.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025
The story quoted a few skeptics—among them the writer Harry Monaghan, who’d written a well-received roman à clef five years prior, and who had a regular column in the Post.
From Slate • May 27, 2023
It's an adorable kind of roman à clef.
From Salon • Nov. 28, 2022
“State of Terror,” written with best-selling crime writer Louise Penny, is part entertainment, part roman à clef and all payback.
From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2021
The roman à clef is always popular with scandal-mongers, but its authors can hardly hope to escape rebuke.
From Adventures Among Books by Lang, Andrew
