The Satanic Verses

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Product ID:	9780963270702
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	The Satanic Verses
Authors:	Author: Salman Rushdie
Page Count:	560
Subjects:	Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Description:	Select Guide Rating Just before dawn one winter’s morning, a hijacked aeroplane blows apart high above the English Channel and two figures tumble, clutched in an embrace, towards the sea: Gibreel Farishta, India’s legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices. ''A masterpiece'' *Sunday Times* Just before dawn one winter''s morning, a aeroplane blows apart high above the English Channel and two figures tumble, clutched in an embrace, towards the sea: Gibreel Farishta, India''s legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices. Washed up, alive, on an English beach, their survival is a miracle. But there is a price to pay. Gibreel and Saladin have been chosen as opponents in the eternal wrestling match between Good and Evil. But chosen by whom? And which is which? And what will be the outcome of their final confrontation? ''A great novelist, a master of perpetual storytelling'' V.S. Pritchett
Imprint Name:	Vintage
Publisher Name:	Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	1998-01-08

Weight	392 g
Dimensions	129 × 196 × 48 mm