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Salman Rushdie's "Quichotte: A Novel"
Salman Rushdie, author of more than 20 books, spoke with me in 2019 about his “Quichotte: A Novel,” a contemporary story about chaotic political times that live on today. He takes readers on a road journey across America in a Chevy Cruze. Rushdie’s road traveler, Quichotte, is a simple man who has watched too much television. Perhaps because of that, it’s an anything-can-happen sort of trip sprinkled with cyber-spies, opioids, science fiction, racism of course, all mixed in with heavy doses of family ties real or imagined. Born in India, mostly educated in England, and a current long-time…
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