Parts of John Hughes’ novel The Dogs copied from The Great Gatsby and Anna Karenina
by Anna Verney from World news | The Guardian on (#60CK6)
Australian author denies he is a plagiarist and says he has been influenced by the greats' of literature
The Australian novelist John Hughes, who last week admitted to unintentionally" plagiarising parts of a Nobel laureate's novel, appears to have also copied without acknowledgment parts of The Great Gatsby, Anna Karenina and other classic texts in his new book The Dogs.
The revelation of new similarities follows an investigation by Guardian Australia which resulted in Hughes' 2021 novel being withdrawn from the longlist of the $60,000 Miles Franklin literary award.
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