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This was the point of his book (one of?) that he wanted to tell some stories but probably legally couldn’t, so he sprinkled some truths in and called the whole
by SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
This was the point of his book (one of?) that he wanted to tell some stories but probably legally couldn’t, so he sprinkled some truths in and called the whole thing made up. It’s pretty practical way to be a celebrity IMO.
- defen 5y agoI asked him about this once. The primary reason it was structured the way it was, was that he wanted to write a novel but couldn't get any publishers to take him seriously as an author. They only wanted a memoir, so he published a metafictional one.
- cool_dude85 5y agoHe also claimed at one point on twitter to be writing a novel under a pen name. Wonder if that's true and if it'll ever be outed, if so.
- a_bonobo 5y agoSimilarly, he once met 'with the world's greatest novelist', 'He sees noone', but wouldn't say who: https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/899367320006443008?lang=en https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/899367320006443008?... It could've been Thomas Pynchon or it could've been Cormac McCarthy, and now we might never know.
- defen 5y agohttps://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/953794118139826176 https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/953794118139826176 (Terence Keane was the "ghostwriter" of his novel)