Naked Came the Stranger

This was a book published by Penelope Ashe in 1969. Except Penelope Ashe wasn’t a real person. She was made up by the real author, Mike McGrady. He had tried to make the book as terrible as he possibly could in order to protest the current state of affairs in the publishing world. Much to his dismay (but proving his point!), the book went on to become a best seller. When Mike exposed himself as the true author…it only sold more! Apparently, the joke was on Mike.