A melange of surreality entwined with the excesses of
contemporary New York, are the backdrop for the furies
of a man in the depths of a mid-life crisis.
Rushdie is undoubtedly the Master of surrealist
tragi-comedy, having mellowed his tone since the
infamous publishing of the "Satanic Verses".
Fury, allbeit a short work, is the melange of
beautiful prose, and the indistiguishable concoction
of fact with fantasy, that we have come to expect from
this prodigious author; an expert in buzzwords,
psychobabble, and doublespeak, and the language games
of postmodern philosophy.
A former college professor, and creator of a popular
doll known as "Little Brain," at the age of 55, Malik
Solanka is immersed in a midlife crisis. Living in
self-imposed exile in Manhattan's Upper West Side
during the summer of 2000, he has left his second wife
in London, wracked with guilt, having found himself
with more than just a mild interest in murdering her.
Wandering New York's streets in search of new meaning
and redemption, he becomes embroiled in the excesses
of American pop culture, and all things obscenely
vulgar that are quintessentially New York.
Malik's ranting and fury boils over in a comedic and
emotional style that is quite exquisite, and of which
one can only wonder precisely how many of Malik's
furies are in fact Rushdie's own, as he unleashes
social commentary on a plethora of 'Americana' from
the incivility of cab drivers to 'The Sopranos.'
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Rushdie is undoubtedly the Master of surrealist
tragi-comedy, having mellowed his tone since the
infamous publishing of the "Satanic Verses".