[ST] Good books, bad people

[Kestrell]

As a lit theory geek who also runs a reading group in which this subject 
came up recently (the author in question was Rudyard Kipling and his 
attitudes toward colonialism in _Kim_), I find this question really 
fascinating and would be very interested in hearing a panel on the subject. 
I think there are many complex questions which intersect with the subject, 
including whether the reader feels the author's political opinions manifest 
or intrude into the story, the age/sophistication of the reader, and the 
reader's own feelings about maintaining a separation between art and 
politics.

Kestrell