A review by jammasterjamie
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie

4.0

3.5 stars, rounded up to four - I really enjoyed this novel and the incredibly strong character studies it provided, although I have to say that even for a Rushdie novel there was an excessive amount of meandering around moving the plot forward, but his prose and wit are so good that even though the story suffered a little for it this time around, it was still thoroughly enjoyable to read and to get at least a passing education on the strife in Kashmir that us Westerners don't ever really get to hear (or care) about - There were some devastating passages of loss in this novel, and it's a better book for it.