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A roman a clef is a novel which is about real people and events but is disguised as fiction. The literal French translation is "novel with a key".
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A "roman a clef," is a story with a key. The author has used real people but given them false names, sometimes close enough to the real ones to be decipherable. This technique began in 17th-century France. A recent example is "Primary Colors" by Anonymous, a thinly-disguised story of Bill Clinton's rise to the presidency.
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