: Re: Would a government care if my novel mentioned their controversial / questionable practices? I am writing a story about fictional events in several nations all over the world. Much of the plot

@Odierno164

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One of two things will likely happen.

By far, the more likely is that it will reach a small audience of Americans, you will get your "props" from that handful of Americans, and that will be it. Most foreign governments know that the American government disapproves of them, and will not pay attention to a "no name" American author.

The other possibility is that your book, or more likely, a book like yours, becomes the modern equivalent of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Then some governments will be offended, and censor your book, but Americans, plus other "first world" readers, plus some citizens of the offended countries will praise it highly. In that event, it could be in line for a Nobel Prize. (But, this, the second possibility, is far less likely than the first.)

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