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Review title: Now I'm furious.
Product review: What the hell happened to the writer of "Midnight's Children" and "Satanic Verses"? Both were life-changingly brilliant.And now this drivel. Badly motivated, messy, carelessly structured, one-dimensional characters, cliched dialogue, turgid prose.The plot turns on a dime for no rhyme or reason. The tedious sub-plots and ludicrous names ring false and forced. There were moments where I thought this novel was going somewhere, but alas, it sunk under its own pretensions. Rushdie's style somehow just seems best suited for the colorful, eclectic, surreal of India. Maybe his imagination fails him in America. I just hope there's some earthly reason, because I want him back. Please.
