Shalimar the clown is basically a story of two villages in disputed indian kashmir, one hindu and one muslim, and the lives of their people as first pastoral happiness, then bitter civil war, then terrorism and eyeforaneye retribution and bitter revenge devastate life as it was known. The characters in shalimar the clown, by contrast, are almost crushed by the freight of nations that they carry around on their shoulders. He is assassinated by his kashmiri muslim driver a mysterious character called shalimar the clown. With numerous interlocking plot lines that take you as a reader all the way from beautiful kashmir. Sep 10, 2005 shalimar the clown is rushdies most engaging book since midnights children. Pdf shalimar the clown book by salman rushdie free. Shalimar the clown should rank as rushdies most affecting and most effective novel in years. Salman rushdie read from his latest novel, shalimar the clown.
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