Publication
New York : Random House, c2005.
Original publication date
2005
Status
Available
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Description
When Maximilian Ophuls is murdered outside his daughter's home by his Kashmiri Muslim driver, it appears to be a political killing. Ophuls is the former U.S. Ambassador to India and America's leading figure in counter-terrorism. But there is much more to Ophuls and his assassin, a mysterious man calling himself "Shalimar the Clown," than meets the eye. One woman is at the center of their shared history--a history of betrayal and deception that moves from World War II Europe to the troubled Kashmir region to contemporary America.
Physical description
398 p.; 25 cm
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Awards
Booker Prize (Longlist — 2005)
Dublin Literary Award (Shortlist — 2007)
Costa Book Awards (Shortlist — Novel — 2005)
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Shortlist — 2006)
Bad Sex in Fiction Award (Shortlist — 2005)
Prix Baudelaire (2006)
Crossword Book Award (Winner — English Fiction — 2005)
Booklist Editor's Choice: Adult Books (Fiction — 2005)
San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year (Fiction — 2005)
Christian Science Monitor Best Book (Fiction — 2005)
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Media reviews
' "Shalimar the Clown" is hobbled by Mr. Rushdie's determination to graft huge political and cultural issues onto a flimsy soap opera plot.... What is most engaging about this novel - and represents a return to form, after two particularly weak and poorly observed novels - is Mr. Rushdie's creation
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