Fury : A Novel (Paperback)

from maggieball

Malik Solanka is mad. Not just irritated or cranky, but filled with fury, and not just his own fury, but the everyman fury that characterises his age. At 55, the Indian born, NY dwelling protagonist of Rushdie's latest novel Fury, has the kind of rage which causes him to stand with a knife over t...

from bookworm12

Malik Solanka is a middle-aged Indian man living in London. He finds himself overwhelmed by an uncontrollable fury and decides to leave his wife and son and move to New York City because he's terrified he'll hurt them. He gained wealth and fame earlier in life when he created a doll called "Littl...

from joe_saltears

Overall a good book. That was my first experience of Rushdie's writing and I daresay he writes well. Nevertheless it seemed to me he goes overboard with "estheticism". The main characters thoughts are often too rich in cultural and historical references and too exact to be really spontaneous. I u...

from amerynth

"Fury" is certainly not Salman Rushdie's finest work, but it does reflect the typical hallmarks -- dense, but interesting writing and an unusual story. Reading Rushdie always seems like work to me, but it generally pays off in the end and is worthwhile. "Fury" is aptly named -- our narrator is fi...

from artistlibrarian

I always hesitate to pick up a Rushdie as my next read. I have trouble settling in to his language and conventions, having to reread until I can catch his rhythm. This is the first Rushdie (besides Haroun and the Sea of Stories, but that's more elementary) that I could read without turning the pa...