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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
My god, Sebbie showed an interest in Rushdie*, someone who is not an old white dude. Amazing. Sebbie, what have you read by him?
* Even Blow gets a mention.
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You select your books by opening the dust jacket to check the photo?
None but some of Joseph Anton. I commented on Rushdie as a guest. I’ve read about as much by Sullivan, as well.
Rushdie, if one is to judge from public statements, close friendship with Hitchens, and non-fiction, appears to be of a sort who would find you quite frivolous and contrived. An object of brief amusement, but not to be dwelled upon for more than a moment.*
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* The irony is noted. I plead guilty to being a small man at times. But I’m trying to be bigger - to reach “the Hankness” where one is permanently elevated beyond the petty.
