That painfully resembles the approach they used in the Soviet Union: "Yes, Ivan Ivanovich is a great poet, but is he a true communist?" And if the answer is no,

That painfully resembles the approach they used in the Soviet Union: "Yes, Ivan Ivanovich is a great poet, but is he a true communist?" And if the answer is no, then no, his book will never be printed. It also helps that the definition of being "a true communist" is sufficiently vague to turn pretty much any situation in either direction.