Mian Rushdie

In the same week that Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children makes the Booker of Booker’s shortlist, I find myself reading the book. No, I hav’n’t read it before. I said to a beloved soul recently, just because one reads a lot does not mean one is well- read; at least not in terms of marquee authors. I did not read Rushdie earlier because I made the mistake of starting with Satanic Verses, an insufferable indulgence. (All authors are allowed one.) Midnight’s Children is in a class of its own. Rushdie is a better author than he is a storyteller, though.