-Caveat Lector- > This is an article that is not focused on Koestler's writings, but > on his behavior. But do notice how The 13th Tribe is categorized by > the Times. --- Joshua2 That's "alleged" behavior--just he-said she-said rumors to sensationalize a bio--and "mis"-categorized, since 13th Tribe is clearly not a novel. I ask again, have you read the book? Or is belly-flop surfing around the web really the only thing necessary to understanding this issue? I think the removal of Koestler's bust from Edinburgh is criminal. Cesarani became bent on assassinating Koestler's character because Koestler didn't fit his expectations as a Jewish intellectual in this century. It's a pity that a CTRL reader would repeat a personal smear like this instead of discussing the issue at hand. Here are some comments about the Koestler bio from Jim Martin at Flatland (http://www2.flatlandbooks.com/flatland/news.html): "If the Revolution had been in Germany, at least it would have been a clean one." -Arthur Koestler to Langston Hughes, Ashkhabad, USSR, 1932. A new biography of Arthur Koestler, (The Homeless Mind) by David Cesarani, has been published in England, to much fanfare in the press - apparently Koestler's been accused of violent rape. "I always thought Koestler was an asshole," Alexander Cockburn wrote a couple of weeks ago, in a doubled barrelled blast at both Koestler, and George Orwell, both of whom blew a few holes in the Iron Curtain. (One reader wrote in reply, asking about Cockburn's father, Claud, and his own covert history during the Hitler-Stalin Pact years.) Anyway, I'm wading through this book, and will report on anything significant. So far, the book is unavailable to the US book trade. kt DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
