Shalimar the Clown - Salman Rushdie
a novel
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Shalimar the Clown is a masterpiece from one of our greatest writers, a dazzling novel that brings together the fiercest passions of the heart and the gravest conflicts of our time into an astonishingly powerful, all-encompassing story.
Max Ophuls? memorable life ends violently in Los Angeles in 1993 when he is murdered by his Muslim driver Noman Sher Noman, also known as Shalimar the Clown. At first the crime seems to be politically motivated ? Ophuls was previously ambassador to India, and later US counterterrorism chief ? but it is much more.
Ophuls is a giant, an architect of the modern world: a Resistance hero and best-selling author, brilliant economist and clandestine US intelligence official. But it is as Ambassador to India that the seeds of his demise are planted, thanks to another of his great roles ? irresistible lover. Visiting the Kashmiri village of Pachigam, Ophuls lures an impossibly beautiful dancer, the ambitious (and willing) Boonyi Kaul, away from her husband, and installs her as his mistre...
Max Ophuls? memorable life ends violently in Los Angeles in 1993 when he is murdered by his Muslim driver Noman Sher Noman, also known as Shalimar the Clown. At first the crime seems to be politically motivated ? Ophuls was previously ambassador to India, and later US counterterrorism chief ? but it is much more.
Ophuls is a giant, an architect of the modern world: a Resistance hero and best-selling author, brilliant economist and clandestine US intelligence official. But it is as Ambassador to India that the seeds of his demise are planted, thanks to another of his great roles ? irresistible lover. Visiting the Kashmiri village of Pachigam, Ophuls lures an impossibly beautiful dancer, the ambitious (and willing) Boonyi Kaul, away from her husband, and installs her as his mistre...
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2005Uitgever: Random House, New York398 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0679463356ISBN-13: 9780679463351Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2005, hardcover with dust jacket, good copy [Auteur: Rushdie, Salman] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Random House] [Jaar: 2005] [Titel: Shalimar the Clown]
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Salman Rushdie: Shalimar the Clown, Random House, 2005. Mint condition
Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo. [Auteur: Rushdie, Salman] [Pagina's: 398] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: New York : Random House] [Jaar: 2005] [Titel: Shalimar the Clown]
