Book description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From internationally renowned, award-winning author Salman Rushdie, a spellbinding exploration of life, death, and what comes into focus at the proverbial eleventh hour of life“An inventive and engrossing collection of stories which, though death-tinged, are never doom-laden. With luck this master writer has more tales to tell.”—Los…
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1 author picked The Eleventh Hour as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Rushdie writes with a voice that is in complete control of the story. This is a collection of longish short stories, and they show the range and imagination of the author. Each character was credible in context (even the ghost) and each story setting was real. For someone interested in trying Salman Rushdie, this is a good place to start.
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