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  2. The Last of the Wine - Wikipedia

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    The novel is narrated by Alexias, a noble Athenian youth, who becomes a noted beauty in the city and a champion runner. The novel suggests that young male Athenians were treated almost like modern debutantes and wooed by older men seeking to be their lovers; in fact, in a memorable passage, Alexias' father, Myron, himself a former beauty and champion athlete, writes to his son before leaving ...

  3. List of metafictional works - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of works that use metafictional ideas. Metafiction is intentional allusion or reference to a work's fictional nature. It is commonly used for humorous or parodic effect, and has appeared in a wide range of mediums, including writing, film, theatre, and video gaming.

  4. Live Wire (novel) - Wikipedia

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    First US edition (publ. Dutton) Live Wire is a 2011 mystery/thriller novel by American writer, Harlan Coben.It is the tenth novel in his series of a crime solver and sports agent named Myron Bolitar.

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  6. Cordwainer Smith - Wikipedia

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    Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (July 11, 1913 – August 6, 1966) — known by his pen-name Cordwainer Smith — was an American author of science fiction. He was a US Army officer, a noted East Asia scholar, and an expert in psychological warfare .

  7. Earthly Powers - Wikipedia

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    Earthly Powers is a panoramic saga novel of the 20th century by Anthony Burgess first published on October 13th 1980. It begins with the "outrageously provocative" [1] first sentence: "It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me."

  8. Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love Life

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    First edition ()Nothing Like the Sun is a fictional biography of William Shakespeare by Anthony Burgess first published in 1964. It tells the story of Shakespeare's life with a mixture of fact and fiction, the latter including an affair with a black prostitute named Fatimah, who inspires the Dark Lady of the Sonnets.

  9. Athena Marsyas Group - Wikipedia

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    The sculpture is mentioned twice in the ancient sources. Pausanias writes: “In this place is a statue of Athena striking Marsyas the Silenus for taking up the flutes that the goddess wished to be cast away for good.” [1] Pliny records: “His other works include Ladas and a ‘Discobolos’ or Man Throwing a Discus, and Perseus, and The Sawyers, and The Satyr Marvelling at the Flute and ...