petey pablo’s Reviews > The Satanic Verses > Status Update

I really enjoy his writing. the opposite of an airport book, not only for the first scene of an airplane exploding in mid-air. another review said it’s “packed with no padding.” true, it makes me focus for every sentence, almost meditative. it’s an immigrant story with feet in both worlds mixed with Paradise Lost and the Quran.
btw, one big reason for the fatwa is that Khomeini is a character in the book