Hello all. I'm looking for any novels that deal with cancel culture, ideally with/about writers, in their plot. The closest thing I can think of that's similar to what Yellowface does, but that's not quite right. Has anyone read something along these lines?
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How I Won a Nobel Prize by Julius Taranto
*The Human Stain* by Philip Roth deals with cancel culture in a pretty wild way.
Dear Dickhead by Despentes
*Hum* by Helen Phillips
It’s not a novel, but So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson has similar themes.
It’s not the main plot, but it does play a role in >!*I Have Some Questions for You* by Rebecca Makkai.!<
it’s not the main plot, but it does play a key part in *penance* by eliza clark (which has a lot in common with *yellowface* with regards to question of authorship and responsibility to the truth, IMO)
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin isn’t *about* this, but it does include it.
Suicide Club, by Rachael Heng. I personally wasn’t a huge fan of the book, but a lot of people did like it