A review by kalikabali
Grimus by Salman Rushdie

3.0

I liked the narrative and the underlying assumption of how no culture can exist in isolation forever without self-destructing. That knowledge completes a being and a complete being can only be dead. I liked the attempt to frame it as a myth, and in fact, the literary and style references to various mythical traditions abound in the book. This is definitely not one for the hard-core sci-fi readers, I wouldn't ever classify it as one. My problem with the book is that the author tried too hard. If you have read other books by him before, you do expect a certain, I don't know, neatness in style and this book has too much cleverness thrown in. It was his first book. And he hates it, apparently. I didn't. In fact, I'm quite glad I read it.