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The Naked Came The Stranger Literary Hoax

770 sats \ 12 comments \ @siggy47 26 Mar BooksAndArticles

I remember this saga as a kid, because the book was written by journalists from a local newspaper I read every day. If you're not familiar with the book, check out the wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Came_the_Stranger

I love the that sections had to be edited because the writing was too good, and the fact that it was a bestseller is funny and sad at the same time.

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76 sats \ 1 reply \ @riberet19 26 Mar

I just read the synopsis, so it's about the adventures of a woman being unfaithful out of spite to her husband, I guess it may be okay, I've never heard of this novel.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 26 Mar

I didn't either. I guess it's intentionally badly written.

76 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 26 Mar

This is the first I heard of this. Interesting.

76 sats \ 5 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 26 Mar

Yeah, this is a delight, as is the South Florida version that Dave Barry, Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, and bunch of others concocted, Naked Came the Manatee.

21 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 OP 26 Mar

I never heard of this. I am a big Hiaasen fan for pure entertainment. I have to check it out.

76 sats \ 3 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 26 Mar

It was actually how I discovered Hiaasen! I was a huge Dave Barry fan in high school, and he wrote a column about the book. Was also my first Elmore Leonard (though I'd heard of him), as well as Tananarive Due (who's a fantastic horror novelist, but was just a columnist at the time).

31 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 26 Mar

I do a lot of business in Florida, and I have had many family members living there over the years. I liked to grab a Hiaasen book when I was visiting. Very funny!

86 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 26 Mar

My wife's from South Florida, so I've enjoyed the books even more over the years. Another writer in the same niche (but a bit zanier) was the late Tim Dorsey.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 26 Mar

I'm not familiar with him. I'll check him out for my next trip.

76 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 26 Mar

I had never heard of this. It's so reminiscent of the academic hoax papers James Lindsey was part of a few years ago.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 26 Mar

I just googled it. Oh, this Lindsay thing is great! Right up my alley.

76 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 26 Mar

Yes, it was really a reflection of the contemporary American society. I can't imagine any other book or piece of writing that pointed out so much reality through fiction. It's definitely worth the reading. Just listen the embedded audio here and can't help reading the book , I am sure.. https://theworld.org/stories/2019-11-28/naked-came-stranger-oral-history