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English PEN wants publishers to resist criminal gag
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/91994-english-pen-wants-publishers-to-resist-criminal-gag.html
This is an interesting argument.
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Would Guy be considered a criminal ...
I'm like you I can't decide one way or another.
Politicians and social do gooders go on about sorting crime out, trying to prevent it etc. So perhaps we do need such books. It might highlight the areas that have a big effect.
And as many prisoners who have been in jail long term find it very difficult to get a job, the money they might receive from their memoirs will help provide for them.