01141nam a2200181Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200200007610000200009624500410011625000160015726000370017330000220021052006790023265000150091165000120092665000210093820261006121803.0260608s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und||  a9780679783480  223a823.914 RUS  aRushdie, Salman 0aShalimar the Clownc/ Salman Rushdie  a1st Edition  aLondon b : Jonathan Capec,2005  a398 p.c ; 24 cm.  aThis 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.  aLiterature  aFiction  aLiterary Fiction