Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights

by Salman Rushdie

First published 2015

In a world just like ours, reason recedes and the forces of unreason rise. A simple gardener levitates, a powerful djinn raises an army of her descendants, and a battle for the kingdom of Fairyland rages for 1,001 nights. As magic and madness spread, a spellbinding love story emerges, a timeless testament to the enduring power of storytelling.

Genres: literary-fiction, fantasy, magical-realism, 21st-century

Vibes: lyrical, thought-provoking, whimsical

Tropes: epic, found-family

304 pages · Hardcover · Random House

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