Talk:Ronan Bennett

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This article is full of POV problems, and a lack of citations.

1. "Critics hailed the novel", re The Catastrophist - citations please. 2. "Their sexual relationship is handled with great frankness, and their love appears very real" etc. This reads like a review, not an encyclopedia entry. 3. "There is considerable poignancy" etc, again re The Catastrophist. I would also question to amount of time and detail given to the plot of this one book. 4. "Havoc was also well-received in the press." There should be some citations for this. Links to reviews or something. 5. "Bennett was an uncredited co-author of Stolen Years" Again, citation please.

The whole thing could do with a robust re-writing. It read too much like a publisher's puff-piece at the moment.

--Wastekiller 18:12, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

The whole thing could do with a robust re-writing.

Go for it, dude. It's Wikipedia! --Peripatetic 21:01, 18 July 2006 (UTC)