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>A lot of people completely like or love Mark Helprin's work, until they
>find out that he's also a rather outspoken right-wing voice, and
>because of that they dismiss his credibility.  It's amusing to see this
>happen when the sequence is "read Winter's Tale and loved it"/"learned 
>of author's political leanings"/"devise reason to reverse earlier
>praise of author."
>


Somebody better tatoo "GUILTY" across my forehead, because I must confess
that this is the first I've heard of Mr. Helprin's politics.... and before I
finished the paragraph I was mentally moving his books to the back shelf....

Oops!

Anyway, Tim, can I suggest that you start your Robbins Roller-Coaster with
ANOTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTION?

Cheers,

Paul

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