at its core , sabon 's atrocity is based on duncan 's observation in an article for the ambergrisians for the original inhabitants society 's real history newsletter that trillian the great banker fell from power due to his battle with the leader of a powerful pig cartel over the favors of a woman { you ca n't be sure my mention sparked her book-the anecdote is , more or less , common knowledge } , which prompted sabon to devote a 175-page book to the futile task of trying to convince the reader that pig cartels have wielded immense power throughout ambergrisian history-and all the sentences that i read at least , are as breathlessly long as this one .