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Book SynopsisIn this comprehensive and lucid critical study, Andrew Teverson examines the intellectual, biographical, literary and cultural contexts from which Rushdie's fiction springs in order to help the reader make sense of the often complex debates that surround the life and work of this major contemporary figure. -- .
Table of Contents1. Contexts and intertexts
2. From science fiction to history: Grimus and Midnight’s Children
3. Tragedy in Shame
4. Satire in The Satanic Verses
5. Pessoptimistic fictions: Haroun and the Sea of Stories and The Moor’s Last Sigh
6. The pop novel in the age of globalisation: The Ground Beneath Her Feet and Fury
7. Critical overview and conclusion
Afterword: Shalimar the Clown
