The Anarch Lord is a novel by A. Bertram Chandler published in 1981.
The Anarch Lord is a novel in which John Grimes is given the job of Planetary Governor of Liberia when his Master Astronaut's Certificate of competency gets withdrawn.
[1] Greg Costikyan reviewed The Anarch Lord in Ares Magazine #13 and commented that "A. Bertram Chandler isn't exactly the next James Joyce, but he's a pleasant man with whom to spend an evening.
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