out-of-demand

Updated: June 6, 2025

By the way," he broke off, "pardon me for quoting from you, but I don't think back-season débutantes are like out-of-demand best-sellers not all of them. Anyhow, all best-sellers do not deteriorate. And tell me, is this chap with the deep-purring car the villain or the hero in your novel the dark one with the hair blown straight back?" I almost stopped in my amazement.

Olive Higgins Prouty - The Fifth Wheel: A Novel