I read this back when it came out. It's an awesome detective story. The central question is why would someone perpetrate such a minor fraud. It is like art forg

I read this back when it came out. It's an awesome detective story. The central question is why would someone perpetrate such a minor fraud. It is like art forgery but you can't sell it. You have to get into the fraudster's head, which the article does to a degree. The resulting answer isn't rational in the sense that you would agree with. The fraudster doesn't get anything but rather damages something. You come to an empirical understanding, according to the facts presented, of a minor mediocrity passed over by life and striking back.