β Rushdie, Salman
π Fiction
π
2005
π Random House Publishing Group
π English
β 295 KB
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Shalimar the Clown
β Scribed by Salman Rushdie
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 300 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1588364844
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β¦ Synopsis
Shalimar the Clown is a masterpiece from one of our greatest writers, a dazzling novel that brings together the fiercest passions of the heart and the gravest conflicts of our time into an astonishingly powerful, all-encompassing story.
Max Ophuls' memorablelife ends violently in Los Angeles in 1993 when he is murdered by his Muslim driver Noman Sher Noman, also known as Shalimar the Clown. At first the crime seems to be politically motivated -- Ophuls was previously ambassador to India, and later US counterterrorism chief -- but it is much more.
Ophuls is a giant, an architect of the modern world: a Resistance hero and best-selling author, brilliant economist and clandestine US intelligence official. But it is as Ambassador to India that the seeds of his demise are planted, thanks to another of his great roles -- irresistible lover. Visiting the Kashmiri village of Pachigam, Ophuls lures an impossibly beautiful dancer, the ambitious (and willing) Boonyi...
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