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Book based on real event?

• I recently read "The Basic Eight" by San Francisco author Daniel Handler. The book is a journal style story about a sophisticated teenaged clique that commits (and covers up) a murder. I have since read references to the fact that this book was based on an actual event that took place at San Francisco's Lowell high school. My question is: is their any evidence to suggest this book was based on a real event (in the way of news articles, etc)? I would be very interested in any information on the "real" event, if such an event took place. Thank You.

• Answer:

  Dear Looking 2 You, There is no evidence that Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, based his 1999 debut novel on a real story, although it should be mentioned the he is an alumni of Lowell Highschool and the school in the novel resembles Lowell. The unofficial (but very comprehensive) fan site does not mention such a rumour either: http://www.unfortunateevents.net/index.shtml As well as an article about Handler/Snicket in Salon magazine: www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/08/17/snicket/ (see first page of the article). I hope that helped, although probably a but dissapointing :-) I also add my search terms: "The Basic Eight" Lowell high school "The Basic Eight" "real story" (yielded nothing)