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On Valentine's Day, 1989, Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, disappears in a devastating earthquake.

Her lover, the singer Ormus Cama, cannot accept that he has lost her and so begins his eternal quest to find her and bring her back. His journey takes him across the globe and through cities pulsating with the power of rock 'n' roll, to Bombay, London and New York.

©1999 Salman Rushdie (P)2020 Penguin Audio Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Magical Realism World Literature Fantasy Inspiring Magic

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"The first great rock 'n' roll novel in the English language." (The Times)
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Another really enjoyable, challenging book from Mr Rushdie.
I feel he educates you as he meanders along his route,but don’t let your concentration slip. A true master of his genre.
Sometimes, with the story, you wonder just where this is all going but as usual there are a few subtle twists along the way retaining the interest and by the end you are once again satisfied.

As usual from Salman superb wordplay.

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Salman Rushdie is one of my favourite authors. Shame, The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children are fantastic books! This one, though, left me a bit irritated for some reason. It's still very well written but quite repetitive. I really didn't care that much for Vina and the constant obsessing about her. I also found the 'female American voices' really annoying. It's always odd when a male narrator mimicks women but in the Indian accent it was actually really lovely. Just not the Ame

Not the best book by Rushdie

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