grrleigh 's review for:

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie

4.0

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Confession: I've never read anything by Rushdie before, so I had no idea what to expect from this book (which I received an advanced copy as part of the First Reads program). I've always loved Scheherezade's tales from 1,001 Nights, so I was pleased to see the jinn world brought to life and the intertwining stories of the humans affected by the battles between the two worlds. There are deeper themes of philosophy and religion that seem a little pedantic and forced at times, but otherwise it reads like a modern fairy tale of magical realism, with just enough current sensibility and political edge to keep things interesting. I might have to check out some other stuff from this Salman Rushdie guy...