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« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2021, 03:39:31 AM »
Famous Brits pick their most-hated books, by Mark Frauenfelder, 27 Dec 2021

Ken's choice is Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

"It has a huge reputation as a masterpiece, but I found it to be a fascist tirade about how wonderful American tycoons are in business. Still, it is very cleverly written."

The article is here
https://boingboing.net/2021/12/27/famous-brits-pick-their-most-hated-books.html

Sam Jordison in The Guardian 27 Mar 2019 says "Ayn Rand's libertarian rant is unpleasant, daft and deeply flawed. I hated it - but I couldn't put it down"