Suppose I have the following list of things to sort: 
@things_to_sort = (
                   { author => 'bart', title => 'skateboarding' },
                   { author => 'lisa', title => 'postmodernism' },
                   { author => 'marge', title => 'hairstyles' },
                   { author => 'lisa', title => 'THIS BOOK FIRST' },
                   { author => 'homer', title => 'donuts' },
                   { author => 'bart', title => 'coolness' }
                  );

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My sort requirements are: If the title is 'THIS BOOK FIRST', that needs to go first, followed by any other books by the same author alphabetically by title. All other books follow alphabetically by author, then title. Is it possible to write a sort routine so that 
@sorted_things = sort by_twisted_requirements @things_to_sort

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will do what I need? Or do I need to break it up into @things_at_the_top and @the_rest, sort those and then smack the list back together? I think I can do that, but it's hella ugly. Can anyone suggest an elegant solution to this problem?

In reply to Twisted sort requirements by forrest

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