Splendid! Thanks captain for putting it up! haven't got a chance to go through "shalimar the clown"... have read rave reviews about the book though. most have claimed that he continued from where he left in "the satanic verses" Loved his say about muslim culture: ===================== If you can't re-examine the philosophy out of which your culture grows without drawing the fires of all kinds of people, it stultifies the culture in the end because any living, breathing culture constantly questions itself, constantly re-examines itself, if you can't change it in accordance with time because of the oppression and fear of various kinds, in the end,it cripples yourself !" And this one about his own growth as a writer over the years: ====================================== "I hope that I am getting clearer. It becomes less interesting to me to play some of the language tricks that I used to play when I was younger. Simplicity is the hardest thing...you don't need to dazzle, you need to find some sort of profoundness. I want to be clear..." How true!!! LooTe PS, you have a nice weekend "da killa" :P