About the Book: Director: Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026
A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2025
A New York Times Notable Book of 2025
A Telegraph Book of the Year 2025
A Guardian Book of the Year 2025
An Observer Book of the year 2025
supple, horrifying and mordantly droll New York Times
Nothing short of brilliant Wall Street Journal
A subtle, often darkly funny novel about the relationship between art and power
Sunday Times
A dazzling performance and a real page turner Salman Rushdie
From one of the brightest, most pleasure-giving writers at work today