num_pages: 320
description: Winner of the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger In his brilliant third novel, first published in 1983, Salman Rushdie gives us a lively and colorful mixture of history, art, language, politics, and religion. Set in a country not quite Pakistan, the story centers around the family 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.
language: English
title: Shame
titlecomplete: Shame
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Indian Literature, Asia, India, Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Pakistan
ratings_count: 12101
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman
publisher: Picador