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Village Voice, 23.04.13 21:59 UTC

Midnight's Children, For Those Who Wants the Gist of the Novel (And No More)

One of the most beguiling of the many stories all knotted up in Salman Rushdie's brilliant, baggy, exhausting 1981 novel Midnight's Children concerns a lovelorn doctor, his beautiful patient, and ...

Seattle Times, 21.04.13 13:39 UTC

Rushdie relives magic of 'Midnight's Children'

Thanks to the printed word and the moving image, Salman Rushdie has recaptured the worst part of his life and relived one of the best.


NPR, 15.04.13 22:59 UTC

Granta's 'Best Of Young British Novelists' Shows A 'Disunited Kingdom'

Once every decade, the literary magazine Granta publishes an issue called "Best of Young British Novelists," with short excerpts from the novels of 20 emerging authors. In the past, the list of names ...


Telegraph, 15.04.13 19:50 UTC

Surprises on Granta's diverse 2013 Best of Young British Novelists list

Britain s most promising young writers include a Somali-born Oxford graduate, a Chinese film director, and a debut author who was raised in America, lives in Rome and writes about Africa, according to an influential new poll.


Daily Mail, 14.04.13 02:54 UTC

Let's remember Maggie for what she really was... a tragic failure

PUBLISHED: 01:06 GMT, 14 April 2013 | UPDATED: 01:06 GMT, 14 April 2013 I suspect that Margaret Thatcher would not have much minded the wave of spiteful, immature loathing unleashed among foolish, ...


Seattle Times, 08.04.13 17:47 UTC

Rushdie remembers Thatcher's `great life'

Salman Rushdie (SAHL'-mahn ROOSH'-dee) is remembering Margaret Thatcher with the same complicated feelings he had for while she was alive. That means disagreeing with her politics but being grateful for her support when he was forced into hiding in 1989 after Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini (ah-yah-TOH'-lah hoh-MAY'-nee) called for his death.


Daily Mail, 07.04.13 18:44 UTC

How many people are going to 'like' this? Facebook starts charging UK users up to £10 to send messages to celebrities

PUBLISHED: 18:07 GMT, 7 April 2013 | UPDATED: 18:07 GMT, 7 April 2013 Facebook has started charging users up to £10 to message celebrities and others outside their circle of friends. Under the trial ...


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