Following Cornflower's thought-provoking post on books we deliberately avoid - NTBR - Mr Cornflower would like to invite comments on what is perhaps the mirror image; books and authors we enjoy where the enjoyment has an added relish of 'forbidden fruit' - if these books were a food, they'd be a Pot Noodle. I'll make a start by nominating (deep breath) Jeffrey Archer. "Le style, c'est l'homme même"; given what we know about Archer the man, it is easy to find things to disapprove of in his style: the club raconteur without an off button, the epic name-dropping, the glove puppet characterisation. But he can tell exciting stories; I have just finished reading Paths of Glory, his fictional version of the life of the great mountaineer George Mallory, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
What, Cornflower readers, are your secret literary indulgences?
