First published 1983
In a Pakistan rife with corruption and inequality, a family's comfortable facade begins to crumble. Saleem, a young man haunted by his family's dark past, must confront the lies and shame that have long divided them. As political turmoil swirls around him, Saleem's search for truth and redemption becomes a matter of life and death. Rushdie's vivid prose immerses readers in a society on the edge, where the personal and the political collide with shattering consequences.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: redemption, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Pakistan
319 pages · Hardcover · Knopf