roman a clef
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In “The Lothario,” her curiosity about a roman a clef widely rumored to be about a notorious womanizer is sparked by the fact that she was once toyed with by the same man.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2014
He's working on what he called a "roman a clef" with a title he appears to think reflect his own story: "Blue Steel Crucifix."
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2014
In my complete adolescent self-absorption Beckett was less a human being than a character in a thinly-veiled roman a clef about me.
From Time ● Jan. 11, 2012
Wells’ 1910 roman a clef, “The New Machiavelli,” calling the Webbs’ salon a “center of reference for all sorts of legislative proposals and political expedients.”
From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 8, 2011
The name of Joe Klein, author of the celebrated roman a clef about the Clinton presidency, Primary Colors, itself published anonymously in 1996, has also been in the frame.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2011
