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Salman Rushdie is the author of eight novels, one collection of short stories, and four works of non-fiction, and the co-editor of The Vintage Book of Indian Writing. In 1993 Midnight's Children was judged to be the 'Booker of Bookers', the best novel to have won the Booker Prize in its first 25 years. The Moor's Last Sigh won the Whitbread Prize in 1995, and the European Union's Aristeion Prize for Literature in 1996. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.
Based on contemporary politics of Pakistan, this novel won the Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and was shortlisted for the 1983 Booker Prize. The shame of the title comes as the result of the political machinations of a nation. A black comedy of public life and historical imperatives. (Kirkus UK)
