A review by rdebner
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

4.0

I love books where there is a story (or two or three) within a story. It takes a while for this book to get to that point -- the set-up sometimes felt a little clunky and I was starting to wonder if the book was going anywhere. Once it gets into the main story within a story, the book really moves along and is quite engrossing. There is a fine tradition of books like this - e.g., the Decameron, Red Earth and Pouring Rain, among many others. I don't think it is quite as good as these, but it is still a fine novel.