Talk:Redemption (Ali novel)

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Alex Callinicos as Alex Mango

Regrettably, I have not yet read Tariq Ali's Redemption(I ordered it from Amazon.com today). I have, however, read a review (http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/culture/redemption.htm) of the satire by ex-Trotskyist blogger Louis Proyect. He claims that Alex Mango is not Paul Foot but Alex Callinicos. I will edit this article to reflect that. Does anyone have any objections? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.93.85.71 (talk) 20:30, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This obviously describes Paul Foot rather than "i.e. Alec [sic] Callenicos": "Mango, an extremely talented polemicist, made sure that he preserved his best material for the national press and the literary journals". Callinicos's work for the mainstream press has been negligible compared with Foot's. While Callinicos is known to have lived in Islington (North London) for an extended period rather than Foot's Clapham (which is in South London), I think we can assume the references to milkman and housewives is invention despite the SWP's more recent infamy on sexual matters. Philip Cross (talk) 14:11, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]