Editing A Vicious Circle (section)

== Reception ==
The novel became, according to ''The Independent'', "a literary sensation before it was even published".<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |title=Complete fiction - but very familiar |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/complete-fiction-but-very-familiar-1312451.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221229145635/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/complete-fiction-but-very-familiar-1312451.html |archive-date=2022-12-29 |access-date=2025-02-04 |work=The Independent |language=en-GB}}</ref> The ''New York Times'' called it "a vicious roman a clef",<ref name=":0" /> and Craig has described how her ex-boyfriend, literary critic David Sexton, believed himself to be "unflatteringly depicted" in the novel. Sexton threatened to sue, and as a result the book’s publication was cancelled by [[Hamish Hamilton]]. A rewritten version was later published by [[Fourth Estate]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Craig |first=Amanda |date=2024-11-13 |title=My ex thought my book was about him - so my publisher dropped me |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/ex-thought-book-about-him-dropped-publisher-3373822 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=The i Paper |language=en-US}}</ref> On publication of the book, several people from the literary world also "happily proffered themselves as candidates" for some of the other characters.<ref name=":1" />