Salman Rushdie

Novel in which Moraes Zogoiby, known as Moor, the only male heir to the family's spice business fortune, tells the story of his life in India and his tempestuous relationship with his eccentric artist mother.

A young European who calls himself the Mughal of Love travels to the court of Emperor Akbar and tells a tale about a mysterious woman who possesses enchanting beauty and tries to control her destiny during the High Renaissance in Florence, where Niccolo Machiavelli learns about power.

A collection of nine stories, Rusdie's first major work of fiction since The Satanic Verses.