Review of 3000 Years of Longing

Enjoyable fantasy romp with a bit of an Orientalist slant - sultans, harems, that sort of thing - but it's based on a short story by A S Byatt, and it stars Tilda Swinton, who is pretty much never in anything bad. Surprisingly Ruth enjoyed it too, even though she doesn't really do fantasy much - I think the plot was good enough, and it had a bit of emotional depth.