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"Thinking Allowed" is a very interesting programme, but I don't think Laurie Taylor has ever managed to separate his political prejudices from his literary, or sociological, opinions.
We are probably all attracted to literature that reinforces our own worldview - but there are few things as worthless as a critic who condemns a book for it's views, rather than its literary merit. Unfortunately, that seems to encompass most of the critics at work today (as a viewing of BBC2's Newsnight Review will illustrate).
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