Books and Authors - Current Affairs for February, 2017
Books and Authors Current Affairs for February, 2017
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▼ Salman Rushdie pens "The Golden House" [02-9-17]
 Author Salman Rushdie’s new novel titled The Golden House is slated to release in September 2017.
The announcement was made by Penguin Random House on 7 February 2017.
The book will be published in India by Penguin Random House, which acquired the subcontinent rights from the Wylie Agency.
Rushdie’s forthcoming novel is a modern-day thriller, which tells a story of a mysteriously wealthy family from Bombay that is desperately seeking to forget the tragedy they left behind as they settled in New York City.
About Salman Rushdie:
- Salman Rushdie is a British Indian novelist and essayist.
- He was born in Bombay (British India) into a Muslim family of Kashmiri descent. His second novel, Midnight’s Children, won the Booker Prize in 1981.
- It was also deemed to be “the best novel of all winners” on two separate occasions.
- His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, was the subject of a major controversy.
- In 1983, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
- The Times ranked him 13th on its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
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