“Satanic Verses” author Rushdie talks “Fifty Shades of Grey” October 11, 2012 - 21:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Salman Rushdie has said that he is not a fan of Fifty Shades of Grey, Digital Spy said. Speaking at the New York Festival over the weekend, the author of The Satanic Verses admitted that he had not read EL James's erotic bestseller in full. Rushdie said that he had read a page or two of the book via Amazon's preview service. "I've never read anything so badly written that got published," he said. "It made Twilight look like War and Peace." Earlier this year, Lace author Shirley Conran called the publishing phenomenon as "baby porn" worse than mediocre, while Barbara Taylor Bradford expressed disappointment at the lack of bondage action. Andy Murray's girlfriend Kim Sears has said that she is not a fan of the novel and actress Emma Watson has not read the book or script.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
