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The Satanic Verses

By: Salman Rushdie
Narrated by: Sagar Arya
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Just before dawn one winter’s morning, a hijacked aeroplane blows apart high above the English Channel and two figures tumble, clutched in an embrace, towards the sea: Gibreel Farishta, India’s legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices.

Washed up, alive, on an English beach, their survival is a miracle. But there is a price to pay. Gibreel and Saladin have been chosen as opponents in the eternal wrestling match between Good and Evil. But chosen by whom? And which is which? And what will be the outcome of their final confrontation?

©1988 Salman Rushdie (P)2020 Audible, Ltd Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Magical Realism Magic Thought-Provoking
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Why have I not experienced this book sooner. It is amazing - beautifully written and narrated.

Simply Outstanding

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This story is a fantastic journey where interweaving tales compete with each other with startling intricacy. The narrator was perfect. His timing and fluency propelled me into another world.

That said, my experience was almost ruined however as I had downloaded the book free from the included section.

However, 20 hours into a 23 hour tale the book suddenly disappeared from my phone. This was my first experience of audibles policy of suddenly removing books from the included section including any you had downloaded to your phone. After making a complaint, audible gave me a refund so I could buy the book to finish it. I warn people to be aware that reading books in the included section is pointless as it can be removed at any time by audible regardless of whether you have read it or not. A very greedy tactic of audible. Be warned!

What a story!

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I really enjoyed this. Fun story and I really enjoyed the narration style. On the slow side, so found myself listening at 1.4x

Great narration

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A Great narrator, who really brought the characters to life. I really enjoyed this book

This was a great book, with great narration

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I was sent this first edition by my mother, when I was living & working in Australia. I was attracted by having read his previous works of magical realism , but also by the political forore accompanying it's entry into the world.
Captivated by the opening, surely as good as any in the English language , I nevertheless struggled to get past half of the book. Feeling my lack of knowledge of Islam was hindering my reading, I tried again upon my return to England, but again only reached about two thirds of the novel.
Some 30 years later, I have reached out, via an audible recording, to find the humour foremost in the book. I am now captivated by the interweaving if 1980's racist British society, with the ideas of Islam .
The book thus also helps me to remember the visit of my mother to Australia

finally enjoyed

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