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The Satanic Verses: A Novel - Community Reviews back

by Salman Rushdie
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Manny Rayner's book reviews
Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it 20 years ago
When the Danish Cartoon crisis erupted, I immediately went out and bought a copy of this book... though I'm afraid I didn't then go and read it in public places, as I should have done. It is indeed extravantly disrespectful towards the Prophet, as everyone knows. What's somewhat less well-known is t...
Beth's List Love on Booklikes
Beth's List Love on Booklikes rated it 56 years ago
I did this as an audiobook, thinking that after a false start trying to read it, that would make digesting this one easier. On one hand, I have now finished it, on the other, I think I would have been less confused reading it than listening to it. I found the book hard to follow, and that is not my ...
TatianaBoshenka
TatianaBoshenka rated it 56 years ago
I knew Rushdie was a really good writer from some short stuff of his I had read in the New Yorker. So I finally got around to reading this book. I picked this one first because I wanted to see first hand what the controversy was about. I have to say that the book is extremely mild toward Islam and t...
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