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David14 | 22:12 Mon 04th Sep 2006 | Arts & Literature
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Does anyone know what book it is that is about a guy writing a book about a guy writing a book about a guy writing a book, etc. etc? One thing I know that happens is that one of the guys writing a book gets trapped in a basement and all the books and storyline "below" him all stop.
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You may be referring to Oracle Night by Paul Auster. In it the main character is writing a novel in which the protagonist gets locked in a basement. At the same time there are links to another story. It isn't quite as you describe as it isn't a book within a book within a book but it sounds pretty close.

If you like the concept then Milan Kundera's Life Is Elsewhere has a great scene where a young man has a dream within a dream within a dream.,
Try also "If On A Winter's Night A Traveller" by Italo Calvino which is about someone reading a novel called "If On A Winter's Night".

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