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Angel Fiction

Shalimar the Clown

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  • 1998 first published
  • 424 pages
  • ★ 3.8 (5 ratings)
  • 33 editions
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Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the Clown (1998) is an angel fiction novel. The story is set in Jammu and Kashmir, India and India. Readers will find themes of Assassination, revenge, assassins and clowns.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 29 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 33 editions across 7 languages.

At about 424 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

About Shalimar the Clown

De dood van een voormalige Amerikaanse ambassadeur in India lijkt op een politieke moord, maar blijkt persoonlijke wortels te hebben in de geschiedenis van het decennialang tussen India en Pakistan ingeklemde Kashmir.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Psychological fiction
  • Assassination
  • Clowns in fiction
  • Adultery in fiction
  • Revenge
  • Americans in fiction
  • Ambassadors in fiction
  • Assassins
  • Triangles, Interpersonal relations
  • Clowns
  • Revenge in fiction
  • Assassination in fiction
  • Americans
  • Adultery
  • Ambassadors
  • Assassins in fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Shalimar the Clown?

Shalimar the Clown was written by Salman Rushdie and first published in 1998.

What genre is Shalimar the Clown?

It is usually shelved as Angel Fiction.

How long is Shalimar the Clown?

The median edition has 424 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Shalimar the Clown?

Readers who like it often enjoy Columbo The Glitter Murder, White Oleander and The Black Dahlia.

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