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This sounds like a con straight out of Hustle! Not that I've, uh, ever watched it.

Posted by kid icarus | April 30, 2008 5:36 PM
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This reminds me of a little stunt pulled by a group called ImprovEverywhere involving "Anton Chekhov":

http://improveverywhere.com/2004/02/29/anton-chekov/

Posted by David E. | April 30, 2008 5:56 PM
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Sounds almost like Sylvia Beach and James Joyce. "Hi this is James Joyce. I've got an novel in a language similar to English that I'd like to publish, except I need...."

Posted by kinaidos | April 30, 2008 6:46 PM
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That is awesome. Faux-Authors calling bookstores for loans. Boy the banking crisis is really taking a toll.

Posted by Clearlyhere | May 1, 2008 7:32 AM
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Paul, do you realize that you used actually/actual 4 times in 3 sentences?

Posted by Ivan Cockrum | May 1, 2008 8:38 AM

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