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Shalimar The Clown - A Novel

Shalimar The Clown - A Novel - Thryft
Shalimar The Clown - A Novel - Thryft

Epic narrative of love, war and revenge.

Shalimar The Clown is a singular book that recounts a stunning story of Maximilian Ophuls who is a counterterrorism chief, his illegitimate daughter, and his Muslim driver, Shalimar the clown. This book is perfect for users who love epic narratives with astonishing characters, where love and war are present and intermixed in life-changing ways. Salman Rushdie is a masterful writer who will transport users to extraordinary places allowing them to have an unforgettable reading experience.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Shalimar The Clown - A Novel

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ISBN: 9780679783480

Description

“Dazzling . . . Modern thriller, Ramayan epic, courtroom drama, slapstick
comedy, wartime adventure, political satire, village legend–they’re all
blended here magnificently.” –The Washington Post Book World This is the
story of Maximilian Ophuls, America’s counterterrorism chief, one of the
makers of the modern world; his Kashmiri Muslim driver and subsequent
killer, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar the clown; Max’s
illegitimate daughter India; and a woman who links them, whose revelation
finally explains them all. It is an epic narrative that moves from
California to Kashmir, France, and England, and back to California again.
Along the way there are tales of princesses lured from their homes by
demons, legends of kings forced to defend their kingdoms against evil. And
there is always love, gained and lost, uncommonly beautiful and mortally
dangerous. “A commanding story . . . [a] harrowing climax . . . Revenge is
an ancient and powerful engine of narrative.” –The New York Times Book
Review “Absorbing . . . Everywhere [Rushdie] takes us there is both love
and war, in strange and terrifying combinations, painted in swaying,
swirling, world-eating prose that annihilates the borders between East and
West, love and hate, private lives and the history they make.” –Time “A
vast, richly peopled, beautiful and deeply rageful book that serves as a
profound and disturbing artifact of our times.” –San Francisco Chronicle
“Marvelous . . . brilliant . . . a story worthy of [Rushdie’s] genius.”
–Detroit Free Press ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR – The Washington Post
Book World –Los Angeles Times Book Review –St. Louis Post-Dispatch –Rocky
Mountain News ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR –Time –Chicago Tribune
–The Christian Science Monitor


Author: Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Publication Date: 2006
 

Epic narrative of love, war and revenge.

Shalimar The Clown is a singular book that recounts a stunning story of Maximilian Ophuls who is a counterterrorism chief, his illegitimate daughter, and his Muslim driver, Shalimar the clown. This book is perfect for users who love epic narratives with astonishing characters, where love and war are present and intermixed in life-changing ways. Salman Rushdie is a masterful writer who will transport users to extraordinary places allowing them to have an unforgettable reading experience.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.