“In 1918 Mao landed a job in a library, the ideal location for a cash strapped nascent megalomaniac in need of easy access to inspirational bad ideas.” PoliticsMao ZedongDicator Book:The Infernal Library: On Dictators, the Books They Wrote, and Other Catastrophes of Literacy Source: The Infernal Library: On Dictators, the Books They Wrote, and Other Catastrophes of Literacy