Posted AT 12:48 AM EDT on 03/11/02
Mistry suffers 'visions of Guantanamo'
An award-winning Canadian author told a Toronto literary event Saturday that he cancelled a portion of his U.S. book tour after overzealous scruinty at American airports targeted him repeatedly and started giving him "visions of Guantanamo [Bay] and of concrete slabs." Rohinton Mistry, author of Family Matters and A Fine Balance said the security inspections were degrading and made him feel like a second-class citizen. He decided that he would simply not travel to the U.
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