作者	SalmanRushdie著
出版社	RandomHouseTradePaperbacks
出版时间	2006-12-01

特色：

“Dazzling...Modernthriller,Ramayanepic,courtroomdrama,slapstickcomedy,wartimeadventure,politicalsatire,villagelegend–they’reallblendedheremagnificently.”——TheWashingtonPostBookWorldThisisthestoryofMaximilianOphuls,America’scounterterrorismchief,oneofthemakersofthemodernworld;hisKashmiriMuslimdriverandsubsequentkiller,amysteriousfigurewhocallshimselfShalimartheclown;Max’sillegitimatedaughterIndia;andawomanwholinksthem,whoserevelationfinallyexplainsthemall.ItisanepicnarrativethatmovesfromCaliforniatoKashmir,France,andEngland,andbacktoCaliforniaagain.Alongthewaytherearetalesofprincessesluredfromtheirhomesbydemons,legendsofkingsforcedtodefendtheirkingdomsagainstevil.Andthereisalwayslove,gainedandlost,uncommonlybeautifulandmortallydangerous.“Acommandingstory...[a]harrowingclimax...Revengeisanancientandpowerfulengineofnarrative.”——TheNewYorkTimesBookReview“AbsorbingEverywhere[Rushdie]takesusthereisbothloveandwar,instrangeandterrifyingcombinations,paintedinswaying,swirling,world-eatingprosethatannihilatesthebordersbetweenEastandWest,loveandhate,privatelivesandthehistorytheymake.”——Time