A review by kumipaul
The Palace of Dreams by Ismail Kadare

3.0

Mark-Alem was a naive outsider who, even as he became a highly placed insider, was completely overcome by hundreds of years of history and distrust. Leadership terror turned dreams into reality and reality into a nightmare. Making major decisions about government and public safety based on dream analysis is almost as bizarre as following QAnon conspiracy theories to do the same. Incompetent and insecure leadership who deploys police and military based on such craziness will never serve the public good.