Shalimar the Clown, Salman Rushdie
Shalimar the Clown, Salman Rushdie
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Shalimar the Clown

Author: Salman Rushdie

Narrator: Aasif Mandvi

Unabridged: 18 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/12/2005

Synopsis

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kevin

At times, this rambling, rambunctious rollercoaster of a read is feathered by the genius seen in Rushdie's Midnight's Children, at other times it becomes mired in an overload of Indian/Pakistani/Kashmiri political history, which is great for providing context but stems the otherwise rampant flow of......more

Goodreads review by mark

a smart young lady trying to find herself in California. the assassination of her father - America's counterterrorism chief. a portrait of Kashmir before all the ugliness and horror. the life of a man: lawyer, Jew, printer, resistance fighter, diplomat, husband, lover, father. a portrait of Kashmir......more

Goodreads review by Brett

"Each tragedy belongs to itself and at some time to everyone else.", pg. 138 The story is a tragic one from beginning to end. It's not necessarily depressing but it is a powerful story. Salman Rushdie does an outstanding job of telling a colorful tragedy utilizing imagery and painting the picture of......more

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