O: A Presidential Novel is the roman à clef of unknown authorship that’s said to contain revealing details about the inner-workings of the Obama administration. Its shadowy author is rumored to possess “vast personal experience” on the topic, according to unmasked Beltway sources. Here’s what’s known, per The Washington Post:• It’s 368 pages.

• O will be released on January 25.

• The book retails for $25.99.

• Its cover, still shrouded, is guaranteed to be more aesthetically pleasing than that of Bob Woodward’s book.

• Released by Simon & Schuster (although, as The Telegraph notes, the publishing house has, “in recent days, removed all references to the book from its website, heightening the mystery surrounding the release.”)

• Shares a title with the 2001 Julia Stiles–William Shakespeare vehicle O.

It could have been written by anyone—anyone!—except journalist Joe Klein, who has vehemently denied his involvement. Of course, the last time Klein said he didn’t write an anonymous political roman à clef—1996’s Primary Colors—it turned out he did write that same anonymous political roman à clef. “I absolutely deny writing it,” Klein said of O. “I have no idea who did, have no idea what's in it.”

Certainly, Klein is not the only author to have published a work anonymously. Candide, the 1759 literary and philosophical satire, did not initially bear Voltaire’s name. In the case of O, we must rule out Voltaire, as he died in 1778, and would therefore have been unable to cultivate a “vast personal experience” with the current administration.