October 7, 2007 Kitchen Con has been largely ignored by the book-buying public in four different countries. Quite a feat. Several people have urged me to put some fake reviews on the Amazon website, where four of the six reviews by customers mention my recent notoriety in sour terms, but I cannot bring myself to undertake this elementary act of fraud. Nothing to do with morals, nor indeed false modesty; rather, a perverse attachment to the idea that talent will out. According to this delusion, it should not be necessary to cozen potential readers. In time the work will find an audience. Until then, I shall remain accursed, but also on the level. Gobshite.