Book review: Rushdie's Victory City is a stunning achievement, but no easy read

Salman Rushdie had finished writing this epic before the brutal stabbing at the Chautauqua Institution in New York State last August that nearly took his life

Having recovered from a brutal on-stage stabbing in New York that nearly killed him, Salman Rushdie has returned with a new novel set in India. Picture: David M Benett/ Getty Images

• Victory City
• Salman Rushdie
• Jonathan Cape, €17.99