****His life’s work(sic) for less than a 100 grand??****
No...I believe he quickly realized that slime was needed to sell his book....he had nothing else to sell...plus he had some scores to settle and decided to vent and be venal.
He’s probably passive aggressive - hid his true anger, acted all goody-goody to get with the *IN* crowd and is finally blowing a gasket. Notice the SMIRK?
He always had that smug looking face complete with smirk. Not to forget those shift eyes which John Nuang summed up well in his comment on the other thread.