Salman Rushdie — Shame

London, Jonathan Cape, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A lovely, first edition copy of Salman Rushdie's third novel, 'Shame&apos. Written in the style of magic realism, Rushdie desired to approach the problem of 'artificial' country divisions and the problems of post-colonialisms. This novel is a devastating political satire, and was a fantastic following novel to Rushdie's award winning 'Midnight's Children&apos. To this work, Rushdie protrays the lives of Iskander Harappa, who is often assumed to be Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and General Raza Hyder, sometimes assumed to be General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. It deals with their relationship and takes place in the fictitious town called 'Q' which is based on Quetta, Pakistan. Shortlisted for the 1983 Booker Prize. This work also won the French Prix du Meilleur Libre Etranger. With the original dustwrapper, which is price-clipped. A lovely copy of this novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, fine. Dustwrapper is very smart. Minor rubbing to the head of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.