NY, Knopf, 1981. The first American edition of the author's second book, winner of Britain's Booker Prize and the first book in his ambitious sequence of novels of the Muslim world, which culminated in The Satanic Verses and the death sentence that was imposed on him by Islamic fundamentalists. The American edition is the true first, preceding the British (they were both printed in the U.S.). An important book that launched Rushdie's literary career as it represented a quantum leap from the subject matter and accomplishment of his first novel. This title was later named as the outstanding title among all the Booker Prize winners -- the so-called "Booker of Bookers." Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.   [#911128] $2,500

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