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athompson10
Jul 22, 2015athompson10 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Wow. It's long and wordy in places, but Rushdie draws well the fear, boredom, frustration and claustrophobia experienced during the fatwa years. The book is replete with what makes Rushdie a great writer: thoughtfulness, beautiful use of words, penetrating and incisive insights, black comedy and some true cutting wit. He's pretty brutal in his treatment of Wives #2 and 4, both in the relationships and in print, but pretty brutal in his dissection of himself as well.