{"product_id":"shame-9780812976700","title":"Shame","description":"The novel that set the stage for his modern classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShame\u003c\/i\u003e is Salman Rushdie's phantasmagoric epic of an unnamed country that is \"not quite Pakistan.\" In this dazzling tale of an ongoing duel between the families of two men-one a celebrated wager of war, the other a debauched lover of pleasure-Rushdie brilliantly portrays a world caught between honor and humiliation-\"shamelessness, shame: the roots of violence.\" \u003ci\u003eShame\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing story that grows more timely by the day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of fourteen previous novels, including \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003e (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), \u003ci\u003eShame, The Satanic Verses, The Moor's Last Sigh, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eQuichotte, \u003c\/i\u003e all of which have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; a collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eEast, West;\u003c\/i\u003e a memoir, \u003ci\u003eJoseph Anton;\u003c\/i\u003e a work of reportage, \u003ci\u003eThe Jaguar Smile;\u003c\/i\u003e and three collections of essays, most recently \u003ci\u003eLanguages of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e. His many awards include the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel, which he won twice; the PEN\/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award; the National Arts Award; the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger; the European Union's Aristeion Prize for Literature; the Budapest Grand Prize for Literature; and the Italian Premio Grinzane Cavour. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. He is a former president of PEN America. His books have been translated into over forty languages.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523802009874,"sku":"9780812976700","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2295699c-80b2-434a-aee3-9d042578843f.jpg?v=1731168878","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shame-9780812976700","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}