"A harrowing, deeply felt and revealing document: an autobiographical mirror of the big, philosophical preoccupations that have animated Mr. Rushdie's work throughout his career."
--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "A splendid book, the finest . . . memoir to cross my desk in many a year."
--Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post "Thoughtful and astute . . . an important book."
--USA Today "Compelling, affecting . . . demonstrates Mr. Rushdie's ability as a stylist and storytelle. . . . [He] reacted with great bravery and even heroism."
--The Wall Street Journal "Gripping, moving and entertaining . . . nothing like it has ever been written."
--The Independent (UK) "A thriller, an epic, a political essay, a love story, an ode to liberty."
--Le Point (France) "Action-packed . . . in a literary class by itself . . . Like Isherwood, Rushdie's eye is a camera lens --firmly placed in one perspective and never out of focus."
--Los Angeles Review of Books "Unflinchingly honest . . . an engrossing, exciting, revealing and often shocking book."
--de Volkskrant (The Netherlands) "One of the best memoirs you may ever read."
--DNA (India) "Extraordinary . . .
Joseph Anton beautifully modulates between . . . moments of accidental hilarity, and the higher purpose Rushdie saw in opposing--at all costs--any curtailment on a writer's freedom."
--The Boston Globe