madman

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Was Kiritsis a narcissistic madman or a schmuck who’d put too much trust in the American ideals of hard work and fair treatment?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

“I didn’t know which madman it was going to be.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

But heavy metal’s favorite madman leaves us with his reminder that “You Can’t Kill Rock and Roll.”

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2025

His unpredictability is sometimes portrayed by his supporters after the fact as strategic - the so-called "madman" theory of foreign relations.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2025

What if history was not a reasonable citizen, but a madman full of paranoid guile and these boys his agents, his big surprise!

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison