How much of the venom heaped on Leon uris is because of his politics? He isn't ever going to be another Shakespeare or Edgar Allen Poe but you know, the man could tell a story and remember he waas writing fiction. Everything you say English Patriot is correct but Bill Hahn sums up the whys rather nicely also. I liked his stories and the politics be damned. Just as I like Agatha Christie's stories even if she portrays Americans as a somewhat seedy bunch. She's a good read. Fare winds and following seas Leon. Neil