SALMAN RUSHDIE - RUSHDIE'S SON PRAISES DAD'S PULLING POWER

RUSHDIE'S SON PRAISES DAD'S PULLING POWER

Celebrated author SALMAN RUSHDIE has been hailed a lady magnet by his own son, who regularly uses the writer to attract women. ZAFAR RUSHDIE, 27, often accompanies his father on nights out because the pair are usually swamped by attractive girls keen to impress the literary genius. He says, "Most people who go to a party with their parents try to run away from them. Not me. If I want to meet girls, I just stand near him. "All the beautiful women want to talk to Dad, so I stand close and bask in the sunlight. Beauty loves brains." But the bespectacled SATANIC VERSES writer, happily married to his fourth wife, topless model and actress PADMA LAKSHMI, insists his son is quickly learning the tricks of the trade. The 59-year-old says, "Every time I see a picture of him in the paper, he has four girls around him, so I think he's not doing badly. "He's absurdly charming - lethally, disgustingly charming. He has it like a weapon."