Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (Max Havelaar, of de koffi-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij), the explosive 1860 satirical and autobiographical novel written by Eduard Douwes Dekker under the famous pseudonym Multatuli. Set in the residency of Banten (West Java) during the height of the Dutch colonial era, the narrative chronicles the fierce, tra…