/nean

mmmm...salmon.

/wait..whut

nean

From the Flashligh brigade, a dirty old woman who has obsessions with kings of conveniance and lots of senior moments

or

The Knights who say Nean

-1

/you fail at life

I don't think you neant to write that.

Whenever is see him I think of Stanley Kubrick. There was a photo of him at some red carpet do a year or two ago, and he had slightly longer, messier hair, like Kubrick. I nearly shat myself: "Jesus Christ he's supposed to be dead!"

He sounds Scottish.

Who?

Jihad!

Sal Bass

/not even remotely obscure

And his books suck. Good what tedious twaddle. And he gets to bang a woman decades younger? What the hell am I waiting for to write a crappy book?

Now we know exactly why the hot women like him.

\nice guys still finish last

Came here for the Padma Lakshmi (Salmon's ex) pictures and left disapointed :(.

Here is a link to a story on their divorce (with pic):
Link (new window)

Dogs are republicans.

Satanic Verses was garbage, and anyone who says it's good is just saying so because they don't want to seem stupid among the other a$$hole$ who want to seem smart by saying they liked it. Like Finnegan's Wake.

Midnights Children and Enchantress of Florence are actually cleverly written.

What I don't understand is his uber celebrity. Just because the shah wants you dead doesn't make you special.

They're real, and they're SPECTACULAR!

Being Famous Sucks: Satanic Verses was garbage...

Midnights Children and Enchantress of Florence are actually cleverly written.

This

TripSixes: Dogs are republicans.

You just insulted my beagles, say you're sorry.

Someone ought to proclaim a fatwa against this twit.

Oh, wait...

Someone should call a fatwa on that douchebag.

That headline gives me a headache.

He's a pretentious jerk who discovered a way to get famous by "insulting" Islam & getting a fatwa declared on him. If they'd ignored him, he'd be a crummy midlist author whose books sort of sell. But by attacking him, they made him into an unwarrented celebrity.

For some reason, I find the fact that Rushdie is suing somebody for exercising his right to free speech very, very ironic.

Khazar: All life did not in fact start up on the moment of your birth. He got famous by "insulting" the Prime Minister of India years before The Satanic Verses ever came out.

As long as he keeps banging his way through some sweet young honeys, he's alright in my book.

First, I must admit to never having read any of his books. One of these days I need to, as it would seem pointless to read Eco and not Rushdie (actually, as I think about it, I read a fair share of foreign authors).

With that said, my only knowledge about who he is comes from a recent interview NPR did with the man on his latest book, "The Enchantress of Florence". After listening to that interview, I was struck by just how entertaining the man was, at least from the standpoint of an interview.

Humor and wit seems to drip from this man. I found myself laughing and chuckling through the interview. I was dumbfounded to think that if this man's writing is anything like the personality and intelligence he displayed in the interview, then that writing could very well be as good as it is reputed to be.

In short, during that interview he didn't come across to me as a man who it "mean, nasty, tight-fisted, arrogant, and extremely unpleasant". He instead seemed like a man you could put in a room with other "greats" (of literature or any other discipline), have dinner, and expect there to be many hours of interesting and insightful conversation.

I tend to wonder if this hatred toward him by this bodyguard is more of a hatred toward his intellectualism than anything else. Looking at him with a more objective eye, I can see how he could make comments that are meant to be witty and funny, maybe meant to poke fun at certain things he may see in life, but which could fly right over the head of someone with a lesser intellectual capability, and be construed as "unpleasant" or "arrogant".

I won't pretend to think that one interview sums up how a man truely is - sometimes public versus private are truely two different things. With that said, until I see or hear objective reporting on this man indicating such a side, I am considering this new book by his bodyguard as nothing more than a smear campaign meant to stir controversy and increase sales of said book at the expense of an author upon whose coattails it rides.

He said: 'He is portraying me as mean, nasty, tight-fisted, arrogant and extremely unpleasant.

'In my humble opinion I am none of these.

Nobody who is mean, nasty, tight-fisted, arrogant and extremely unpleasant ever thinks that they are any of those things.

Leishu - For some reason, I find the fact that Rushdie is suing somebody for exercising his right to free speech very, very ironic.


Well technically, libel isn't free speech.

If the author were simply saying "Rushdie is a dick," that would be an opinion, and thus free speech. He's making specific allegations of alleged incidents which, if not true, constitute libel.

You can share your opinion of someone freely, but claiming they did things that they didn't do isn't free speech.

Not that I have any opinion on whether the allegations are true, I'm just being pedantic about the definition of free speech because I believe it's an important one.

What's funny is that of the allegations mentioned in the article, the only one that makes Rushdie sound bad is the one about charging the government rent for the officers who were placed in his home to protect him.

The rest make the officers themselves sound bad...

You locked him in a cupboard while you went for a few beers? Even if he is an ass, you just trumped it... AND demonstrated an egregious abuse of authority.

You found some bottles of wine and he wouldn't let you drink them unless you paid for them?

WAAAH!

WTF? You're getting paid... Don't get that cop "entitlement" attitude... "we're here protecting you, and you won't even give us none your wine?!?!"

Don't act like you're there on your on time doing it out of the goodness of your heart... You're collecting a paycheck, and probably overtime, for what is in all likelihood, probably a pretty cushy gig.

God knows if I had cops stationed in my house protecting me, sure I'd probably fix them a nice dinner to show my gratitude, and keep coffee on and some snacks on hand for them... but if they came to me like "Hey, we found a couple bottles of Maker's Mark in your cupboard and half a dozen steaks in the fridge, mind if we dig in?" I'd be like "Huh?"

How farking rude is it to even ask?

bet he smells bad also

If he wasn't mean, nasty, tight-fisted, and arrogant, wouldn't he not be suing his bodyguard?

strathmeyer, maybe he's just principled. Rushdie feels the guy has written a load of lies about him; made him look ridiculous and published it all in a book. Rushdie has the means to sue the guy so thinks, "Why not?"

From the BBC, the bodyguard in question was convicted on nine counts of false accounting in 2005 - hardly an honest guy.

Salman Rushdie is a great author. You don't get totty like this without either money, a big dick or you're talented in some way.



//Two out of three ain't bad.

RoseT: Khazar: All life did not in fact start up on the moment of your birth. He got famous by "insulting" the Prime Minister of India years before The Satanic Verses ever came out.

I bow to the wisdom of the Ancient One.

I missed the fatwa laid upon him by the esteemed PM of India, resulting in tremendous publicity for him and his book when he went into hiding in the distant enclave of New York City.

I also missed the editorials and handwringing over the poor oppressed man's fate that appeared in countless editorial pages and talk shows. All because he insulted the Prime Minister of India.

Oh. Wait. No, he didn't get all that publicity until he went after Islam. And surprise, surprise--suddenly he's making tons of money, banging chicks and living in "hiding" in New York City.

He's the same parasite class as Madonna.

Mean, nasty, tight-fisted, arrogant and extremely unpleasant is no way to go through life, son.

EliteAnalyst: Quantum Apostrophe: And his books suck. Good what tedious twaddle. And he gets to bang a woman decades younger? What the hell am I waiting for to write a crappy book?

Went to a Robertson Davies book signing less than a year before he died. He was outright hostile to me and flirted with my lady friend, who was a good 60 years younger than him (yes, I know: pwned!!!!111).

All I really need to know about books, the publishing industry, and men and women I learned that day. Wankers, the lot of them, especially poets.

Wow, what a sweeping statement. Was it really that traumatic? I've read a lot of books and met or heard from a lot of writers and encountered very few "wankers".

And as for some of the comments above, please read the article before you comment. I know you don't have to but it really makes you look stupid when you respond emotionally to a funny headline and are completely misguided and not funny. It sounds like the former bodyguard is a criminal who is libeling a famous person he was connected to.

THIS THREAD NEEDS MORE PADMA!

/ She's perfect
// I know, I know...I'm lazy, too.

The Salman on Dennis Miller is not mean or nasty. He would probably let cops drink his wine for free.

I read about half of one of his novels (Grimus). It was one of the worst things I've ever attempted to read.

Okie Cynic: Mean, nasty, tight-fisted, arrogant and extremely unpleasant is no way to go through life, son.

Seems to be working out pretty well for him.

On the couple of occasions I've seen him, he's come across as an intelligent, articulate, charismatic guy.

And he seems to be able to pull birds like it's going out of style.

Good luck to him.

/no Rushdie hate, farkers; let the fatwads do that
// and he doesn't rate The Satanic Verses very highly, either.

VonDozier: Who?

Patrick Star?
/you ARE living under a rock

But yeah, I have no idea how he gets the hotties. I'm guessing the fahtwa got him the publicity, which got the money, and girls like a dangerous guy with cash.
/Did you mean: fartwa?

Khazar-Khum: He's a pretentious jerk who discovered a way to get famous by "insulting" Islam & getting a fatwa declared on him. If they'd ignored him, he'd be a crummy midlist author whose books sort of sell. But by attacking him, they made him into an unwarrented celebrity.

I think Rushdie gets more praise for Midnight's Children than Satanic Verses; and critics seem to genuinely like Midnight's Children.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0776722.html
http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html
http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/

... so it may not be fair to write Rushdie off as nothing more than a hack with a gimmick.

/and apparently, his ex-wife is quite hot.