What patterns, dreams, and desires lie hidden within the ostensible hook of a novel’s title?
Dustin Illingworth, for Lit Hub, explores the keys to a successful book title after considering, among others, The Sun Also Rises. They include not using the word “Trimalchio,” and raiding better sources, primary among them the Bible.
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