Rushdie has had an interesting life. He has recorded copiously in his journals. And he can write. So there are all the ingredients for a very good memoir. This one almost achieves it's potential, except that it's too long, and in parts rather cheap.
It did give me great insights into how publishing business works, how it feels to have a death sentence hanging over you all the time, the workings of high society. But, I personally didn't care for all the dirty laundry of his personal life that he's put up for display here. He seems to be getting his revenge on a lot of people who were close to him, including all his wives. That is cheap.
And I never got used to hearing him referring to himself in third person.
It did give me great insights into how publishing business works, how it feels to have a death sentence hanging over you all the time, the workings of high society. But, I personally didn't care for all the dirty laundry of his personal life that he's put up for display here. He seems to be getting his revenge on a lot of people who were close to him, including all his wives. That is cheap.
And I never got used to hearing him referring to himself in third person.
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