![]() ![]() This book was in serious need of an editor. What this book did not have plenty of was editing. Besides that, I love Magic Realism and this book had plenty of that. I'm an amateur theologian, and I can't find better amusement than blasphemy. Partly because it was a subject that I did have an interest in. So, when I bought Rushdie's book, I fell for the hype. It brings a lot of attention to something that doesn't always merit the attention. So I thought (these were the days long before the reaction to Danish comics) wow, this book pissed off people enough that they want to kill him? Wow. ![]() It became every Muslim's sacred duty to hunt down this writer of fiction and kill him. It was thought to be so controversial, so blasphemous, that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa on Salman Rushdie. My decision was based on the controversy surrounding the book. Many months ago, I decided to buy Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. Occasionally, I will go into Half Price Books and buy a book that hasn't been recommended by any one I know, by an author I've never read before, solely because of its "critical acclaim." I buy and read a book because I feel that I should, based on the general public's reaction to it. ![]()
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