tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690077250072100801.post7261869546782865642..comments2024-02-26T11:04:22.115+13:00Comments on Reid's Reader – A Blog of Book Reviews and Comment.: Something NewNicholas Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05497366104216216952noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690077250072100801.post-53771823669070314472012-11-26T22:20:47.832+13:002012-11-26T22:20:47.832+13:00Thanks for such a comprehensive review which has s...Thanks for such a comprehensive review which has supplanted the need to go out and buy a copy of the book (which sounds too long) And your mention the effect of the 3rd person has also dissuaded me.<br /> It seems typical of the British sense of humour that even Rushdie's death sentence couldn't escape satire. A theatre company at the Edinburgh Fringe called themselves the Satanic Nurses, and, after many years passing without the fatal bullet being discharged, one commentator said the original threat had reduced to a thinwa.Hugh Majornoreply@blogger.com