Group Read, September 2022: The Satanic Verses

Our September group read is The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. Please join in the read and post any comments on this thread.

Just waiting for my library hold.

I'm in. I'll probably start next week, when I finish my current reads.

I highly recommend the following website for the footnotes/annotations your edition probably lacks:
https://brians.wsu.edu/2017/02/08/cover-satanic-verses/

>4 ELiz_M: Thanks for this!

I ordered a copy on August 14 and it still hasn't arrived. So I ordered another yesterday. With any luck, one will arrive soon...

I've read about 1/3 of this and have enjoyed it more than I expected -- although I don't know why, I liked Midnight's Children well enough. I expected this to be dense and difficult. It's confusing, yes, but the writing is charming and the story is fascinatingly weird. I appreciate the annotation website, which kept me clear about what the "Satanic Verses" really were and the debates around them.

There are many discrete sub-stories here, many characters and details, and I'm often unsure what is actually important. So far, however, the Rosa Diamond section is probably my favorite!