The chief was a thuggish man: nervous, Cutter saw, because he knew he was a mediocrity become by kink of history a ruler. (China Miéville)

The chief was a thuggish man: nervous, Cutter saw, because he knew he was a mediocrity become by kink of history a ruler.

China Miéville

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