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Old 09-04-2009, 10:18 AM   #115
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This is not a sentence written by Dan Brown.
I now know how it comes about.

"The key to Dan Brown’s success" (Times August 15, 2009):
The cerebral stand-up comic Stewart Lee began his recent BBC Two series Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle with a blunted attack on Brown, stating: “The worst published author in the world today is also one of the most successful.” Afloat on a tangible wave of recognition from his audience, he mocked Brown for writing sentences such as: “The famous man looked at the red cup.”

Lee admits that he made the line up, having only “skimmed” Brown’s books, looking for examples of that plain, overliteral prose style.



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Originally Posted by Moejoe View Post

This is a sentence written by Dan Brown:

The famous man looked at the red cup.
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