>>>And then you have Ayn Rand and her character Ragnar Danneskjold - one of the most unsung heroes of literature :)
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>Followed only by John Galt himself, whose monolog capability is without parallel to this day, even by Castro. ;-)

Ugh. I never got through that book. It's one big diatribe.
I can understand how someone might subscribe to her ideas, but as a writer AR ranks somewhere below Danielle Steel