Hehe..."Injustice, IL" would be fantastic. Sister city of "Oppression, AR"....

I read all the Rushdie after you told me to read GBHF, remember? Wasn't a big fan of that one, but then read Midnight's Children and liked it much better. Satanic Verses was somewhere in between, though I think I was expecting too much given all the controversy over the years.

Did you ever read "The Things They Carried" by O'Brien? It's a collection of interrelated short stories about the Vietnam War that you might like as well.

I don't know what's going on with Justice. I'll have to change the zip code, if anything I should be coming from Injustice.

No, I haven't read "Interpreter of Maladies," although I've heard good things from other people. I was just having a conversation with someone about not reading any short stories since high school; maybe I'll give it a shot.

When did you read all the Rushdie? I thought you weren't a big fan on his. Why so low on the Ground Beneath Her Feet? Next to TSV I think that's his best one.

Hey Dan, thanks for joining. What's with the "Justice, IL" -- did you already move or is there some Fortress of Solitude that I'm not aware of?

Have you read Lahiri's "Interpreter of Maladies"? It's a collection of short stories and, given your critique above of "The Namesake" (which I haven't read), you might find her style better-suited for shorter works.