01190nam a2200205Ia 4500 20261006121803.0 260608s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und|| 9780679783480 23 823.914 RUS Rushdie, Salman Shalimar the Clown / Salman Rushdie 1st Edition London : Jonathan Cape ,2005 398 p. ; 24 cm. 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. Literature Fiction Literary Fiction RBK 69105 69105 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2026-06-08 0 823.914 RUS G7982 2026-06-08 15:45:17 2026-06-08 RBK Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection