The Satanic Verses

The Satanic Verses

1988 • 568 pages

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Average rating3.9

15

Dense language throughout doesn't stop this from being very entertaining. I am a sucker for dreams and multiple plot lines across time so this stuck all the right compositional chords. I can see how it offended folks. I pity Rushdie as he doesn't come across as a friend of God, but I respect him for writing in terror at even a peaceful, foreseen death (feels almost confessional).

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