Turns out I'm POTUS. Make it stop Teresa, make the voices in my head stop!!!
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Who was being sarcastic? I certainly wasn't (a change I know, for me). I believe several British lefties write good thrillers/mysteries and I was just surprised that they hadn't crossed over. Ben Elton is certainly left-wing, and his book "Stark" had the brave eco-warriors fighting against the evil multi-millionaire bad guys.
But maybe that doesn't count? I'm not very up on genres, I'm afraid. As far as I'm concerned there are three types of book. Good books, bad books and books I haven't read yet. And, no Tom, I'm not being sarcastic.
It's already being downgraded to a tropical storm. It'll blow itself out in no time, or when it reaches Canada whichever comes first.
I don't suppose it will be too bad.
And I thought quite a few British triller writers were lefties. Anyway, American culture once produced the work of genius that is The Maltese Falcon. So I still choose to believe it isn't irredeemably bad.
I guess we're luckier in this country, practically all our good writers lean leftwards - except for J G Ballard and Amis, of course.
You should read "Hogfather" by Terry Pratchett, if you haven't already. He's good on myth and unconscious.
Don't be fooled into thinking it is a children's book, or even about somewhere called Discworld.
Hell, does no-one understand allegory any more???
Whew! Thank goodness more Xtians don't read the Bible - there would be mayhem! Forgiveness of debts, care for the poor, the poor finding it easier to get to heaven than the rich, people disowning their families to worship Jesus...the Alabamans will soon come to their senses and stop reading the Bible. It would be nice if the law did get passed though. After all, Jesus was a socialist.
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