num_pages: 288
description: In this brilliant novel, Salman Rushdie masterfully combines history, art, language, politics, and religion. Set in a country "not quite Pakistan," the story centers around the families of two men -- one a celebrated warrior, the other, a debauched playboy engaged in a protracted duel that is played out in the political landscape of their country. Shame is a tour de force and a fitting predecessor to the author's legendary novel, The Satanic Verses .From the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Shame
titlecomplete: Shame
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Indian Literature, Asia, India, Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Pakistan
ratings_count: 12103
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman
publisher: Cape