The book might have made those in power uncomfortable enough to arrest Mr Shadrake on the rarely used draconian charge of criminal defamation.
Kitabu hiki kinaweza kuwa kiliwakosesha raha baadhi ya watawala kiasi cha kuwalazimu kumkamata Mr Shadrake kwa kutumia sheria mabayo inatumika kwa nadra sana ya jinai ya kuharibu sifa.