/lit/ - Literature

i read an interview with this guy today. he tried to sell his new book as The Great Novel of the Moment but it quickly became clear that he's an out-of-touch old man, such as when he proclaimed trevor noah and bill maher to be the most biting satirists of our time. or claimed that america is one small step from fascism because people would rather watch tv than listen to novelists. his book naturally has not one but numerous trump clones in it, one of which is a green-haired huckster nicknamed "joker" who squirts poison in the eyes of his adversaries from a flower worn on his lapel. i also read that he referred to thatcher as "ms. torture" in an earlier piece, which just made me groan

it was all rather embarrassing, so i thought i'd turn to you lot: is his older work is any good at all? like does his legacy rest on something of actual merit, or is he only cashing slimmer and slimmer cheques from the residue of his fatwa?

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-novel-salman-rushdie-2017-481746

>"The novel tracks life over the past eight years, including: the rise of conservative political group the Tea Party; 2014 hashtag campaign Gamergate; identity politics; the backlash against political correctness; and, what is described as, "the insurgence of a ruthlessly ambitious, narcissistic, media-savvy villain sporting make-up and coloured hair"."

Oh boy.

smug

I want to write a book about a controversial subject, because I want free publicity even if I spend my whole life hiding from crazy fanatics (think satanic verses, not that I find it controversial).
It will be even easier for me to cristallize their hatred since I come from a muslim background and I'm a female.
I already started working on something but I wanted your opinion.
Any ideas ?