Penelope Ashe, a fictional writer, was credited as authoring the 1969 bestseller Naked Came the Stranger. Later that same year, it was revealed that the book was the brainchild of ...vizualizați mai multePenelope Ashe, a fictional writer, was credited as authoring the 1969 bestseller Naked Came the Stranger. Later that same year, it was revealed that the book was the brainchild of twenty-four journalists, led by Mike McGrady, who aimed to expose America’s mindlessly vulgar literary culture with a novel deliberately overloaded with sexual content. The novel saw an even bigger rise in popularity once the hoax was revealed. Ashe was portrayed by Billie Young, McGrady’s sister-in-law, for photographs and meetings with publishers.vizualizați mai puține