Hi everyone I just wanted to provide some thoughts on Salmon Rushdie who is a literary

hero of mine and of many others of course I'm sure many of you as well and I've repackaged a five minute clip from ex-Muslim

Yasmin Mohammed discussing why Rushti was chosen above all others to be the face of the fatwa. First, I guess a bit of background knowledge about

Salmon Rushdie, a bit of background information for those who aren't familiar.

Salmone Rushdie is an Indian writer who found great acclaim

with his 1981 novel, Midnight's Children.

So Rushty was known for midnight's children. It won every

prize going. His writing style is incredibly dense and difficult but

rewarding for those who stick with it. He lace his every sentence with double meanings

and biting satire and goes from the sublime to the ridiculous and then back again in just a matter

of words. The themes are just as confounding, profound and

all-encompassing. There's no experience quite like reading a rusty book.

Midnight's Children covers India's transition from British colonial rule to

independence and partition but that sounds a bit boring and is the kind of

thing that I would usually find quite boring but the humor and the way it

hones in on bizarre individual stories makes it just an awe-inspiring

incredible read and it's why midnight's children often tops lists of the best books of all time. Now I read that a few years ago, but a few

years before that I read and I'm almost scared to admit it, the satanic verses. Now that's the book that got Salmon the fatwa and I know most people

might disagree with me here but I think that it's even better than midnight's

children. It's simply one of the best books I've ever read and I can't even

describe what happens in it. It's so bizarre and again all-encompassing and strange hallucinogenic kind of

reverie of a book.

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