This man provided an alternate history of rock music in The Ground Beneath Her Feet, and told of the title tightrope walker from Kashmir in Shalimar the Clown. His first novel sees Flapping Eagle sent to Calf Island after gaining immortality. Another work by this author of (*) Grimus tells the story of Saleem Sinai, who was born at the exact moment India was partitioned, while in another, Saladin Chamcha and Gabreel Farishta survive a plane crash. For ten points, name this author of Midnight's Children, who earned a fat
This man provided an alternate history of rock music in The Ground Beneath Her Feet, and told of the title tightrope walker from Kashmir in Shalimar the Clown. His first novel sees Flapping Eagle sent to Calf Island after gaining immortality. Another work by this author of (*) Grimus tells the story of Saleem Sinai, who was born at the exact moment India was partitioned, while in another, Saladin Chamcha and Gabreel Farishta survive a plane crash. For ten points, name this author of Midnight's Children, who earned a fatwa for his The Satanic Verses.
This man provided an alternate history of rock music in The Ground Beneath Her Feet, and told of the title tightrope walker from Kashmir in Shalimar the Clown.
Salman {Rushdie}