tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post3355791478254875891..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: Happy Birthday to a Comedy GreatNeil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-73136772998354269922008-01-16T22:11:00.000+00:002008-01-16T22:11:00.000+00:00I hate to derail yet another frothing conspiracy t...I hate to derail yet another frothing conspiracy theory (which, as ever, is completely untroubled by such irritants as facts or evidence), but Rushdie's knighthood was explicitly for "services to literature", not for his political opinions.<BR/><BR/>And in his case, these services went well beyond his own writings - since the fatwa was declared, he's been an extremely high-profile supporter (often financially) of persecuted writers worldwide.<BR/><BR/>Given your own support for the persecuted (both genuine and alleged), I'm very surprised that you can't seem to grasp why this might be worthy of recognition.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, <I>Midnight's Children</I> didn't just win the Booker Prize, it won the Booker of Bookers - a separate prize designed to celebrate what the judges thought was the best novel in the entire history of the Booker competition. But presumably that was part of a neocon conspiracy too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-36998658454960406162008-01-15T22:31:00.000+00:002008-01-15T22:31:00.000+00:00No, but I think his knighthood was!No, but I think his knighthood was!Neil Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-50323032151633267112008-01-15T22:26:00.000+00:002008-01-15T22:26:00.000+00:00I adored Midnight's Children. Do you think the Boo...I adored Midnight's Children. Do you think the Booker Prize he got was because of the affection in which he is held by 'neocons'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-2942111226612718392008-01-15T21:17:00.001+00:002008-01-15T21:17:00.001+00:00I found 'Midnight's Children' to be unreadable, on...I found 'Midnight's Children' to be unreadable, one of the few books that I've started but haven't finished. To paraphrase Blackadder, I'd rather French kiss a skunk that be forced to read Rushdie's show-off prose. Somerset Maugham he most certainly ain't.<BR/>But hey, the neocons love him, so let's give him a knighthood!Neil Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-43843751341870077962008-01-15T21:17:00.000+00:002008-01-15T21:17:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Neil Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-28284012677634677312008-01-15T21:15:00.000+00:002008-01-15T21:15:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Neil Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-52641791857418162572008-01-15T21:09:00.000+00:002008-01-15T21:09:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Neil Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-50710717790870324782008-01-15T20:34:00.000+00:002008-01-15T20:34:00.000+00:00Have you ever read a Salman Rushdie novel? If so, ...Have you ever read a Salman Rushdie novel? If so, which one(s)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com