Towards the end of The Bandar Log Macker Kalley ("Machiavelli"), the fictional character resembling Alan Reid himself, muses on the role that jealousy plays as a "driving force" in history: "If Stalin ...
The satire on Scott had elements of brilliance and was pretty savage, but overall I was disappointed. It was a poor novel. I underwent a similar but more intense experience when reading The Bandar Log ...