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An earlier version from 1940 exists, but was roundly rejected by publishers, [[What Could Have Been|prompting a rewrite]].
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'''This book provides examples of:'''
* [[The Alcoholic]]
* [[Contemplate Our Navels]]: - butBut quite poetically.
* [[Downer Ending]] -: {{spoiler|Including [[The Hero Dies]]}}.
* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]
* [[Extremely Short Timespan]]: - apartApart from the first chapter, all of the book takes place in less than one day.
* [[Faust]]: - hasHas parallels with that story.
* [[Former Child Star]] -: Yvonne's short-lived teenage acting career.
* [[The Masochism Tango]]
* [[Sibling Rivalry]]: - ofOf a sort; for one thing, Geoffrey and Hugh are both romantically interested in Yvonne.
* [[One-Hit Wonder]] - Lowry wrote other books, but none are nearly as well regarded as this one
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: - theThe book is rife with Kabbalistic and other occult references.
* [[Sibling Rivalry]] - of a sort; for one thing, Geoffrey and Hugh are both romantically interested in Yvonne
* [[What Could Have Been]] - in addition to the alternate version mentioned above, Lowry intended for the book to be part of a larger cycle. [[Author Existence Failure|He didn't get very far.]]
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]] - the book is rife with Kabbalistic and other occult references
 
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