The Line of Polity (Agent Cormac, #2) | 
bailedRoald Dahl & JK Rowling are just two who suit the phrase “separating the art from the artist”. You either agree with their politics & crack on or disagree & do the separating thing: Your choice. I just started this book when I stumbled across Asher‘s blog & Twitter. He despises the “blue-haired woke”; is a climate change denier, vaccine hater & all-round edgelord. He‘d probably say I‘m virtue signalling. But I‘d say he can f**k right off.
Bookwomble I can do the "separate the art from the artist" when the art does not promote or depend on the artist's douchebaggery. Hence, no R*wling for me. I was thinking of maybe reading a new Brett Eaton Ellis, having read Less Than Zero in the '80s, and had the good fortune to hear a BBC radio interview with him, so I can dodge that bullet, too ? 1y
The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble Well there‘s no love for JK in my house but my kids all still love Dahl. I think because they grew up with me reading his books to them at bedtime. I was thinking more about his unsavoury comments about Jewish people than the books but,by coincidence, I see Dahl‘s works were in the news after being edited (in a good way I feel). I think old Asher would call it woke: Like most gammons who miss using exclusionary/discriminatory language 1y
Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja I totally get what you say about Dahl: love his kids books and welcome the updating of language to keep him relevant to today's kids. Reactionaries forget that this is a common cultural occurrence: our national epic, King Arthur and the Matter of Britain, has constantly evolved and been updated to keep it relevant and culturally alive. 1y
The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble I did not know that. 1y
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