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The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
3.0

For decades, I have meant to read this book to see what all the fuss was about. Meh. It is nowhere near Rushdie's best (in my remedial opinion, anyway), but he is a master of the multidimensional, and it makes it a joy to read simply for that fact. I also love that it got people into a murderous rage about it - the offending part of the book is so ancillary; it just shows how thin the skins of those who were so gravely insulted are.