Enchantress of Florence; Not his best

Its hard to really jump on Rushdie for anything that he's written. However with his latest offering I find myself a bit confused and wondering what he was getting at. True the story is not terrible by any means but it has the feeling that he tried to run through it without really exploring certain themes as deeply as he could have. So I have to say it makes a good case for being an airport bookshop bestseller. More Satanic Verses please.