I’ve been aware of these scam books for years, and had been tempted to write about what their existence says about writing. Now that I had one of these things with my own name on it, I knew my time had come.
Séamas O'Reilly. Picture: Orfhlaith Whelan
I open the book with trepidation. My name is on its cover, after all. It is not, however, a book I have written myself.
No, this is “Summary of Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir By Séamas O’Reilly” written by “Patricia T. Meyer” and published by Amazon Services LLC.
