Shalimar the Clown
2005 novel by Salman Rushdie / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shalimar the Clown is a 2005 novel by Salman Rushdie.[1][2][3][4] The novel took Rushdie four years to write,[5] and was initially published on 6 September 2005 by Jonathan Cape. Shalimar the Clown derives its name from Shalimar Gardens, in the vicinity of Srinagar. Srinagar is one of several Mughal Gardens, which were laid out in several parts of undivided India when the Mughals reigned over the subcontinent. Shalimar is also the name of one of the characters featured in the novel. Shalimar the Clown won the 2005 Vodafone Crossword Book Award and was one of the finalists for the 2005 Whitbread Book Awards.[6]
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Author | Salman Rushdie |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date | 6 September 2005 |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 398 pp. (first edition, hardback) |
Awards | Man Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2005), Vodafone Crossword Book Award for Fiction (2005) |
ISBN | 978-0224077842 |
OCLC | 61855166 |
Preceded by | Fury |
Followed by | The Enchantress of Florence |
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