Salman Rushdie

[Mark Thibodeau]

If it's any consolation, Rushdie doesn't care if anyone ever reads GRIMUS
again. He considers it an embarrassment. At least, that's what he told my
old English prof, Michael Thorpe, back in the late 80's.

Jerky

On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekker2 at icloud.com> wrote:

> Omg - yes!  Imo,  that’s his best best work.  "Midnight’s Children" is
> close,  but it’s kind of harder in ways.  That said,  it won the Man Booker
> (1981),  the Booker of Bookers (1993), and the Best of the Bookers (2008).
>
> The Moor’s Last Sigh” was good,  but "Fury," "Shame," and "The Ground
> Beneath Her Feet," were stupid. “Shalimar the Clown” was okay.  I rather
> enjoyed “The Enchantress of Florence,” although I am likely a minority.
> Never read Grimus - the only novel by Rushdie I haven’t read.  His
> biography is pretty interesting although in places it sounds like a tribute
> to those who helped him in the fatwa and a trashing of those who didn’t.
>
> Bek
> babbling
>
>
> > On Jan 11, 2015, at 2:58 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just finished reading The Satanic Verses. What a killer book! ;-) Look
> forward to more Rushdie.
> >
> >
> > Www.innergroovemusic.com-
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