Murder, murder, whisky. Repeat 300 pages. Add jingoism/manifest destiny. Characters are cutouts.
Edit even the about the author blurb was like: Nate Morgan is an intellectual with a PhD. He is a man of fine taste. Nate Morgan is a pseudonym of a successful writer living in Baton Rouge.
Literally that abrupt and incoherent
If it’s the first time in print how did it exist previously?
Oral History
We will continue to have many such questions for the overlords.
Probably online fanfic type distribution.