tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11404346.post1597102790797533542..comments2023-07-22T06:33:20.079-07:00Comments on sane IDIOsyncrasies: Sacred Gamesanubhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00828947553899660206noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11404346.post-79691516015732327102009-05-21T12:31:19.848-07:002009-05-21T12:31:19.848-07:00@vidooshak: fair enough.Thanks for the info on Jam...@vidooshak: fair enough.Thanks for the info on James Ellroy.Will check that out.anubhavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00828947553899660206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11404346.post-5776902397301367232009-03-20T03:02:00.000-07:002009-03-20T03:02:00.000-07:00This is a double-edged sword. Some writers would u...This is a double-edged sword. Some writers would use sensationalism merely to sell their book. Others may use it to sell the 'idea'. In case of the latter, the use may be justified. <BR/><BR/>There's this book called "American Tabloid" by James Ellroy. He writes about JFK, J Edgar Hoover and Jimmy Hoffa as if narrating a sleazy account of fictional characters. But these were real people with real, though unproven, scandals behind them. The sensational context in this book does "appear" to be true but it may not be. Did Ellroy have the right to defame these characters with such impunity?<BR/><BR/>Given how no one seems to have banned the book yet, I guess so... And it hasn't affected the public opinion on these leaders in any way, too!Vidooshakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030746290165298466noreply@blogger.com