Master of magical realism conjures a disappointing tale
FICTION: Two Years Eight Months; and Twenty-Eight Nights; By Salman Rushdie; Jonathan Cape, €19
Two years, eight months and twenty-eight nights adds up to one thousand and one nights, and Salman Rushdie’s 13th novel is a riff on the classic story of Scheherazade saving her life by telling tales to distract a vengeful King. In 12th century Andalusia, the disgraced philosopher Ibn Rushd is seduced by a jinn named Dunia, ...
