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noun
A literary genre typified by a strong contrast between elaborately absurd prose, plotting, or characterization, on the one hand, and careful, detailed investigations of real, specific social phenomena on the other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: literature, media, publishing
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History
Coined by English critic James Wood in 2000 to describe Zadie Smith's White Teeth.
