{"product_id":"9781529968842","title":"The Eleventh Hour by Rushdie, Salman","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Rushdie, Salman\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 August 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e127 x 197 x 21 | 192g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDazzling new short stories from Salman Rushdie that transport us around the world from Bombay neighbourhoods to elite English universities˜Boisterous¦ Full of panache' Sunday Times If old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion, they were well into the eleventh hour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Two quarrelsome old men in Chennai, India, experience private tragedy during national calamity. Revisiting the Bombay neighbourhood of Midnight's Children, a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire. In an English university college, an undead academic asks a lonely student to avenge his former tormentor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e These five dazzling works of fiction move between the three countries that Salman Rushdie has called home “ India, England and America “ and explore what it means to approach the eleventh hour of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ˜One of the most important voices in contemporary literature' Independent˜Exuberant' The Times˜Salman Rushdie is a genius' A.M. Homes˜Entertaining and winningly heartfelt' Daily Telegraph*A BOOK OF THE YEAR for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Financial Times, Economist and New Yorker*\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58541481132413,"sku":"9781529968842","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6525\/8945\/files\/9781529968842.jpg?v=1786796073","url":"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529968842","provider":"The Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}