A poet in this novel hides as a eunuch at a brothel called The Curtain, whosetwelve prostitutes ceremonially marry him. Another character in this novel has apremonition about a baby-carrying woman with a Canadian accent who turns outto be Tavleen; that character is later told "Born again, (+) Spoono". One of theprotagonists saves the other from a fire at the Shaandaar Cafe, and Mishal's breast cancer inspires a hajj into the Arabian Sea led by the (*) butterfly-eating Ayesha. One character kills the mountain climber Alleluia Cone before his suicide. The protagonists spend 111 days on an airstrip in Jalilia, the city of Mahound, when their plane from India is hijacked. For ten points, name this novel in which Saladin Chamcha and Gibreel Farishta survive an airplane explosion written by Salm
A poet in this novel hides as a eunuch at a brothel called The Curtain, whosetwelve prostitutes ceremonially marry him. Another character in this novel has apremonition about a baby-carrying woman with a Canadian accent who turns outto be Tavleen; that character is later told "Born again, (+) Spoono". One of theprotagonists saves the other from a fire at the Shaandaar Cafe, and Mishal's breast cancer inspires a hajj into the Arabian Sea led by the (*) butterfly-eating Ayesha. One character kills the mountain climber Alleluia Cone before his suicide. The protagonists spend 111 days on an airstrip in Jalilia, the city of Mahound, when their plane from India is hijacked. For ten points, name this novel in which Saladin Chamcha and Gibreel Farishta survive an airplane explosion written by Salman Rushdie.
A poet in this novel hides as a eunuch at a brothel called The Curtain, whosetwelve prostitutes ceremonially marry him.
The Satanic Verses