A magazine excerpt from X was originally published as _____, but Y's agent, Candida Donadio, requested that it change the title of the novel so it would not be confused with another recently novel, Leon Uris's Mila 18. The title _____ was suggested, but because of the release of the 1960 movie Ocean's Eleven this was also rejected. _____ was also rejected, so as not to be confused with the World War II film Stalag 17, as well as _____, apparently because the publisher did not feel that 14 was a "funny number". Eventually the title came to be X, with the ___ also referring to a number of déjà vu-like events common in the novel.
X & Y?
Friday, 29 October 2010
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Catch 22 by Joseph Heller?
X= Catch 22
Y = Joseph Heller
Catch 22 and Joseph Heller?
The only novel I can think of is Catch 22.
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller it is. Congrats all.
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