{"product_id":"9781784878931","title":"Shame","description":"Author: Rushdie, Salman\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781784878931\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 24 Feb 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie's phantasmagoric epic - his second novel - published in Vintage Classics as part of a major retrospective on the Early Novels of Salman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe novel that set the stage for his modern classic,\u003ci\u003e The Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShame\u003c\/i\u003e is Salman Rushdie's phantasmagoric epic \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOmar Khayyam Shakil had three mothers who shared everything. They shared the symptoms of pregnancy, they shared the son that they all claim to have borne on the same night. Raised at their six breasts, Omar's mothers teach him to live a life without shame. And it is training that proves very useful when he leaves his mothers' fortress and makes the fateful mistake of falling in love. For he finds himself an unwitting player in an ongoing duel between the families of two men - one a celebrated wager of war, the other a debauched lover of pleasure - living in a world caught between honour and humiliation, where a moment of shame could prove fatal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eShame \u003c\/i\u003eis every bit as good as \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a pitch-black comedy of public life and historical imperatives' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46729830826142,"sku":"UBD-9781784878931","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781784878931.jpg?v=1776650688","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781784878931","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}