Accidental

The central idea of The Accidental is a familiar one (familiar, certainly, to anyone recalling Pasolini's Theorem, starring Terence Stamp, whose name appears on the book's first page): family succumbs to magical charms of irresistible stranger and is forever changed.

New fiction Joseph O'Neil 2006

The central idea of The Accidental is a familiar one (familiar, certainly, to anyone recalling Pasolini's Theorem, starring Terence Stamp, whose name appears on the book's first page): family succumbs to magical charms of irresistible stranger and is forever changed.

New fiction Joseph O'Neil 2006

EC: Accidental is probably not the right term – I’d call it “fortuitous.”

Interview with Flickr Founder Ben Barren 2005

The first book is called The Accidental Sorcerer; the second is Witches Inc. The world reminds me a little of that of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, with Reg being a sort of acerbic avian Jeeves ... no medieval fantasy this!

More light-hearted reads...with a dash of the serious Glenda Larke 2008

The first book is called The Accidental Sorcerer; the second is Witches Inc. The world reminds me a little of that of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, with Reg being a sort of acerbic avian Jeeves ... no medieval fantasy this!

Archive 2008-12-01 Glenda Larke 2008

It could easily have been someone else — he might, in this sense, be called the Accidental Autocrat.

The Accidental Autocrat 2005

It could easily have been someone else — he might, in this sense, be called the Accidental Autocrat.

The Accidental Autocrat 2005

I'm writing this book called The Accidental Terrorist.

The waiting game shunn 2000

I'm writing this book called The Accidental Terrorist.

The waiting game shunn 2000

Sorkin, the creator of TV series The West Wing, developed the script of the film in a few days from a 14 page proposal submitted to publishers by Ben Mezrich, the author of a book called The Accidental Billionaires.

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