Salman Rushdie — Shalimar the Clown

London, Jonathan Cape, 2005. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first impression of this engaging novel from Salman Rushdie. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This powerful novel tells of the lives residing in two villages in the region of Kashmir, one Hindu and one Muslim, with the central character being the illegitimate child of a former United States ambassador to India. It was awarded the 2005 Vodafone Crossword Book Award and was a finalist for the Whitbread Book Awards the same year. Written by renowned author, Salman Rushdie, who is most notable for writing 'The Satanic Verses' which has made him subject to several assassination attempts. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with patches of fading to the cloth and minor shelf wear to the spine. Dust wrapper is also excellent, with minimal edge wear. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Fine.