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Title: Haroun, other stories and his story
Review: Rushdie's writings have rich word images and strange plots. This work continues this tradition. Mid-way it is not clear where the story is going, but at the end all is resolved. This is a spoof, and names of many places and persons are puns on Hindi words. A short dictionary at the back explains some of these, but there are still little gems buried in the text. Publicity identifies this as a fairy tale for 18 years and up. I have given it to 12 year old grandson; but I have no feed back yet from him. Why not 5 stars? The story "wandered" and I put it down and picked it up several times. But, no less believable than the standard European stories.
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