In reality the author wanted to keep the wounds open and sell his story. He's probably a nice guy and no doubt some people were wronged but so it happens all over the world all of the time. Like was said long ago "The evil that men do lives after them and the good is oft interred in their bones." This has repeated itself over and over. Again the good, like just longevity for instance and health care that's provided needs to be thankful for and you don't heal a cut with more cuts, learn to forget rather than dwell.