I haven’t read much of Will Self but we both share the belief that JG Ballard was a visionary.

Self claims the British publisher’s prestigious literary list panders to political correctness, where gender and racial equality is deemed more important than the quality of literature being written.

It’s not only the Brits but the Australian and American literary establishment, small publications and fiction and non-fiction competitions.

“In social terms it may be good, but in cultural terms it’s absolutely meaningless and simply reinforces this liberal notion that people’s identity is all that matters— whether they are white, black, male, female, gay or straight.”

Nail on head.