New York: Viking Penguin / Granta Books, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of 75 essays and reviews written over a period of 10 years by this award-winning author. "Whether he is analyzing racial prejudice in Britain or surveying an India riven by fundamentalism and politics of religious hatred, Rushdie writes as an impartial observer, a citizen of the world. His sympathies range from Grace Paley's stories to Thomas Pynchon's political allegories. He situates such writers as Gunter Grass, John le Carre and Mario Vargas Llosa in a political context. Along with a . . withering portrayal of Margaret Thatcher's class-ridden, jingoist Britain, there are two resounding replies to critics of 'The Satanic Verses'." (Publishers Weekly) INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1992. 432 pp. ISBN: 0-670839523.