I don’t generally post about fiction because I think there are enough people writing about it, and my first love is poetry.  But I have to make an exception:  I’m about 20 pages from finishing Salman Rushdie’s new novel, The Enchantress of Florence, and had to put it down because I want to finish it when I won’t be interrupted — it’s that good.  He’s woven a rich tapestry of a story, complicated and beautiful.  I think it’s his best book in years.