At the beginning of last month, until I was rudely interrupted by a Jordanian hacker, I started writing thoughts on Niki Savva’s notorious “Downfall”-style chronicle of recent Australian politics, “The Road to Ruin: How Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin Destroyed Their Own Government”.

As my friends know, I never read books when they come out, instead leaving it to chance whenever a second-hand copy eventually falls into my hands.