97. And they never heard of it again....

In 1960, when Kuwait was on the verge of becoming an independent state, the Kuwait Oil Company felt that a bit of PR was needed. They invited X to visit Kuwait and write a book about his observations. For two weeks the Kuwait Oil Company escorted X on a whirlwind tour of Kuwait. The end result was a book called “State of Excitement” but unfortunately it was not what the Kuwaitis had expected. The Kuwait Oil Company owned the rights to the book and hence X was politely paid off, and the book never published. The only place in the world where it can be read by the general public is the Lilly Library at Indiana University.

Identify X.