Salman Rushdie : Shalimar the Clown

A gripping international tale of love and revenge, and the ancient and modern conflicts from which they spring, a murder looks at first like a political assassination, but turns out to be passionately personal. In this epic narrative that moves from California to Kashmir, France and England, America's counter-terrorism chief is stabbed in broad daylight by his Muslim driver. The story is of four people, of Max, his killer and his daughter, and the one woman who links them together.