{"product_id":"shalimar-the-clown-0099421887-used","title":"Shalimar the Clown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0099421887\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Salman Rushdie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe place is Los Angeles, 1991. Maximilian Ophuls is knifed to death on the doorstep of his illegitimate daughter India, slaughtered by his Kashmiri driver, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar, the Clown. The dead man is a World War II Resistance hero, a man of formidable intellectual ability and much erotic appeal, a former United States ambassador to India, and subsequently America's counter-terrorism chief. The murder looks at first like a political assassination but turns out to be passionately personal. This is the story of Max, his killer, and his daughter - and of a fourth character, the woman who links them all. The story of a deep love gone fatally wrong, destroyed by a shallow affair, it is an epic narrative that moves from California to France, England, and above all, Kashmir: a ruined paradise, not so much lost as smashed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67963468742944,"sku":"USED0099421887","price":9.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/91YWDu2gLGL.jpg?v=1792910132","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/shalimar-the-clown-0099421887-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}