Rushdie, Salman creator text xx London : Jonathan Cape ,2005 9999 1st Edition monographic und 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. / Salman Rushdie Literature Fiction Literary Fiction 823.914 RUS 9780679783480 260608 20261006121803.0