An astounding, intense novel by the Booker-prize winning author of Midnight's Children.

In the summer of 2000 New York is a city living at breakneck speed in an age of unprecedented decadence.

Into this tumultuous city arrives Malik Solanka. His life has been a sequence of exits. He has left in his wake his country, family, not one but two wives, and now a child. But as his latest marriage disintegrates and the fury builds within him he fears he will become dangerous to those he loves. And so he steps out of his life once again and begins a new one in New York.

But New York is a city boiling with fury. Around Malik cab drivers spout obscenities, a serial killer is murdering women with a lump of concrete, and the petty spats and bone-deep resentments of the metropolis threaten to engulf him, as his own thoughts, emotions and desires reach breaking point.

'Both a howl of rage and a love letter... Rushdie is a very great novelist - our greatest' Guardian

An astounding, intensely disturbing novel by one of the world's great writers.

About the Author
Salman Rushdie is the author of fourteen previous novels, including Midnight's Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), The Satanic Verses, and Quichotte (which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize). A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's last Birthday Honours list in 2022.

Reviews
"Both a howl of rage and a love letter... Rushdie is a very great novelist - our greatest" Guardian "Thrilling writing... A simmering novel, as crammed with passion and potholes as New York streets" Independent "Rushdie is an irrepressibly playful entertainer, as well as a web-weaving storyteller" Financial Times "Rushdie has found inspiration in new York, and pulls apart the city's every nuance in this dark and brilliant comedy" GQ "A writer of breathtaking originality" Financial Times



Book Information
ISBN 9780099421863
Author Salman Rushdie
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 200g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 15mm