mc5 - AVMA Take 2

Yes, it's another round of that classic guessing game - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Abstract [or any combination thereof]. This effort - '03/'04 should address any queries, but then again, may just serve to confuse and baffle which some might say is the point of the game. Patience, integrity and a decent search engine may be useful ....

Projoy

Written since 1950?

ImNotJohn

Written by a British writer?

Chalky

Are the vegetable and mineral bits mentioned in the title - or are they the paper and ink part of the novel?

Inkspot

[Quendalon] - Was the novel written more recently than 1900? YES
[Projoy] - Written since 1950? YES
[ImNotJohn] - Written by a British writer?NO
[Chalky] - Are the vegetable and mineral bits mentioned in the title - or are they the paper and ink part of the novel?
NO and YES to in the title and paper as the vegetable YES (had not considered the ink when setting the clue but yes it is printed with ink but was not part of the clue)

Quendalon

Written since 1980?

[Inkspot] Just to clarify: the VEGETABLE component is the paper, and the MINERAL component is part of the title?