cover image The Jaguar Smile: 2a Nicaraguan Journey

The Jaguar Smile: 2a Nicaraguan Journey

Salman Rushdie. Penguin Books, $7.95 (176pp) ISBN 978-0-14-010926-9

Bombay-born novelist Rushdie (Midnight's Children) visited Nicaragua in 1986 and here writes of poetry recitals, political rallies, meetings with peasants, soldiers and members of the opposition. PW noted that Rushdie believes the Sandinistas have made mistakes but that ""the Nicaraguan people have a right not to be `squashed' by the United States.'' (March)