A review by roshnara
Grimus by Salman Rushdie

3.0

The only thing that could possibly complicate a story about an immortal man trying to die, is a world that is completely imagined and perched precariously at the meeting point of multiple dimensions. Flapping Eagle, our protagonist, in his endless quest for death, has to locate the man who not only made him immortal, but also force him to face the consequences of his imagination. Add to the mix a town full of immortals who prefer to forget about their immortality and its reasons by hiding behind a facade of normality and obsessively forced routines, a sister who turns up only when needed, and only for the purpose of torture, a less than reliable tour guide aptly named Virgil, and we have an early insights into the worlds that Rushdie can cook up in his mind. Granted, the prose is not as free flowing as his later masterpieces, and not as affecting, but the sheer scope of his imagination and his foray into quasi SF is more than enough compensation for the fact.
Definitely recommended for people starting with Rushdie.