Does Koba the Dread have anything to say about the theme of celebrity?

I don't think that the novel has anything directly to say
about celebrity.  However, the cult of celebrity is a major argument and point that Amis
makes regarding his fundamental thesis.  Amis argues that the intellectual vanguard in
England were dangerously oblivious or active participants in the desensitizing of Stalin
as a threat and mass murderer.  Amis argues that Stalin essentially received a "free
pass" from the West, and from British intellectuals, in particular.  While there is
swift and brutal condemnation about Hitler and Mao, Stalin is not perceived in the same
camp.  Amis posits several potential reasons as to why this might be the case. 
Celebrity is a part of this in that Stalin was careful to cultivate his image to the
extent whereby his crimes would not be perceived by the outside public.  Amis argues
that Stalin did understand how to cultivate his image, especially in light of the
alliance with America and Britain in fighting Hitler.  The work is not an outward study
of celebrity, but does employ analysis of it in studying its
thesis.