Sir Salman Rushdie is perhaps the most significant living novelist in English.
His second novel, "Midnight's Children," is regularly cited as the 'Booker of
Bookers' and its impact is still being felt throughout in world literature. His
fourth novel, "The Satanic Verses," led to the 'Rushdie Affair' certainly the
most significant literary-political event since the Second World War. Rushdie
has continued to produce challenging fiction, controversial, thought-provoking
non-fiction and has a presence on the world stage as a public intellectual. This
collection brings together leading scholars to provide an up-to-date critical
guide to Rushdie's writing from his earliest works up to the most recent,
including his 2012 memoir