Acton reviewed The Golden House: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
Review of 'The Golden House: A Novel' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Reading Salman Rushdie's latest novel was a fascinating experience for me. I won't offer a summary, since that has already been done so well by so many.
I found the characters and the subplots engrossing and the writing brilliant and engaging. The vocabulary excited me. Yes, really, especially the word DOTARD--I mean, did Kim Jong-un's translator read this? And it's not often that an author uses the term "eschatology." (Salman Rushdie and David Foster Wallace are my only experiences.)
The pop culture and literary references are intriguing fun, and made me feel that I belonged within these pages. And at times, Rushdie is incredibly prescient.
The Golden House is ripe for discussion, for there are some mysteries left in the end. It is Nero Golden whose history forms the backbone of this tome, and he is a complex personality. Rushdie seems to challenge us readers to question what parts of …
Reading Salman Rushdie's latest novel was a fascinating experience for me. I won't offer a summary, since that has already been done so well by so many.
I found the characters and the subplots engrossing and the writing brilliant and engaging. The vocabulary excited me. Yes, really, especially the word DOTARD--I mean, did Kim Jong-un's translator read this? And it's not often that an author uses the term "eschatology." (Salman Rushdie and David Foster Wallace are my only experiences.)
The pop culture and literary references are intriguing fun, and made me feel that I belonged within these pages. And at times, Rushdie is incredibly prescient.
The Golden House is ripe for discussion, for there are some mysteries left in the end. It is Nero Golden whose history forms the backbone of this tome, and he is a complex personality. Rushdie seems to challenge us readers to question what parts of him are good, which bad. How responsible is he for all that happens to his family? Golden's complexity is a contrast to The Joker, a character who enters the political arena and casts a purely dark, evil background to the story. And yes, everyone who reads this novel will know exactly who The Joker is. Rushdie is sure to offend some, but we know he's not afraid of that.
Bravo! This is a masterpiece.