These literary agents approached a man w no writing credits whatsoever. He did not approach them—they came to him out of the blue. They gave him $165,000 plus many perks w’out so much as a sample chapter of his writing.
My point is that they did it on the strength of his bio, which included a Kenyan birth. You can’t say Obama’s lie about Kenya is what piqued their interest, because he didn’t approach them to sell himself or his story. They approached him. The idea that they had no idea who he was or where he was from, but just decided to throw around that kind of $ on a man who hadn’t even published a 1 p essay is simply not plausible.
Maybe yes, maybe no.
So much of what Obama has said about his past has turned out not to be true. Why should the story of his book deal be the truth when so much of his past isn’t true.
Almosst sounds like he was involved in a pay-for play deal.....He did something for that money and I’m betting it had nothing to do with writing or publications.