Whenever lists are produced it always produces fodder for numerous arguments. So The Times no doubt will have a fair few letters in next Saturday's edition and on its Book site in response to its list of the best post-war British authors.
For those who did not see it here is the top twenty:
1. Philip Larkin 11. C.S. Lewis
2. George Orwell 12. Iris Murdoch
3. William Golding 13. Salman Rushdie
4. Ted Hughes 14. Ian Fleming
5. Doris Lessing 15. Jan Morris
6. J. R. R. Tolkien 16. Roald Dahl
7. V. S. Naipaul 17. Anthony Burgess
8. Muriel Spark 18. Mervyn Peake
9. Kingsley Amis 19. Martin Amis
10. Angela Carter 20. Anthony Powell
