11.   The book portrays the elder Love as an organized but occasionally absent-minded man who seldom raised his voice.

12.   Three other books also portray a darker Shylock.

13.   His book portrays the history, contemporary society, politics, economics, education, religion, culture, arts and literature of Malaysian Indians.

14.   That book portrays Waldheim as an accomplice in World War II shootings, hangings and deportations of tens of thousands of Yugoslav partisans, Bosnian civilians and Greek Jews.

15.   The book portrays Samaranch, the IOC and other Olympic leaders as corrupt, greedy, dictatorial and anti-democratic.

16.   The book portrays the Communist Party leadership as deeply divided on how to handle the protesters, with some officials openly opposing a crackdown.

17.   The book apparently portrays Yeltsin as a drunken buffoon, who has a habit of playing the spoons on the heads of dignitaries.

18.   The book portrays the trauma experienced by Palestinians who witnessed the flight and expulsion of most of their people during that conflict.

19.   The book portrays Simpson as stalking his ex-wife and threatening to kill her if she ever slept with another man.