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  Steph. you are of course right, that is why most of what I read these days are escapist novels with the odd urge to read something more factual as I have right now.
  
  Chris. I am not equating artistic taste with politicals leanings as such but am relating it on a more personal level. It so happens that most of my preferred authors, Clancy, Forsyth and a few others do have right wing views but there are others who dont.
  
  I see you mentioned Dennis Wheatley. His use of language does look dated to us these days but I dont think it would have beeen viewed as attrocious in his day, far from it as he was very popular among 'middle class' types. My parents did not tend to have many books in the house, except the comic annuals that I had for Christmas as a child. So I never went through a childrens book reading stage and went direct to reading adult books. When I was aged about 12 and off school ill, a neighbour brought me a book to read, Codeword Golden Fleece, a World War 2 Wheatley novel. I was then hooked. My favourite Wheatley's were his seven WW2 Sallust novels which I loaned to someone and never did get back!!! I just never did read those classic children's novels that so many look back fondly on.

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