The author used the term "reproach" to refer to a series of sentences in the book. He used the word "reputation" to describe the process of writing the text.
The text was written in the form of a letter to a friend. The letter was written by the author, who later changed the name of the book to "Reproach", and was published in 2007. The book was published by Simon & Schuster, a division of Penguin Random House, which also published the book in paperback.