What is the minimum you have usually have to do in England to qualify for a knighthood? I know Jagger and Ringo both have one.
It doesn't seem that Rushdie has a huge body of work as a novelist?
I hope it is a derserving honor, and not just given out because of the current political climate.
I think Pasternak with "Dr. Zhivago" is totally undeserving of the honors won, and benefited greatly from when it was released. I agree with Nabokov when he said something like it was the worst book ever written in any language.
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