A Rushdie Sequel?

Salman Rushdie is reportedly writing a sequel to Haroun and the Sea of Stories, a children’s book he wrote in 1990

Salman Rushdie is reportedly writing a sequel to Haroun and the Sea of Stories, a children’s book he wrote in 1990 after his oldest son Zafar said he should write something kids could read. Haroun…, dedicated to Zafar, was Rushdie’s first book after a fatwa was announced on his life for The Satanic Verses. It tells the tale of 12-year-old Haroun’s bid to help his father Rashid recover his gift of storytelling. The sequel, Luka and the Fire of Life, is reportedly being written for 62-year-old Rushdie’s youngest son, Milan, born of his marriage with Elizabeth West in 1999. It is expected to be published by Jonathan Cape in October 2010.