Flash and Filigree
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Flash and Filigree is a darkly comic novel by satirist Terry Southern that skewers American culture and medical ethics through absurd, offbeat storytelling.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Flash and Filigree canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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revised edition ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| author |
Terry Southern
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Terry Southern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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comic fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Dr. Frederick Eichner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRevisedEdition | Flash and Filigree (revised edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
doctors
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morality in medicine ⓘ plastic surgery ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | prose ⓘ |
| influenced | later American black comedy fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
absurd
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offbeat ⓘ |
| notableFor | early example of Terry Southern’s satirical style ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Finger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCountApprox | 200 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| publisher | Coward-McCann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Beverly Hills
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California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
American culture
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celebrity culture ⓘ consumerism ⓘ medical ethics ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
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