Salman Rushdie: Fictions of Postcolonial Modernity (New British Fiction)

Providing an introduction to the work of Salman Rushdie, Stephen Morton places his fiction in a clear historical, critical and theoretical context. He explores Rushdie's biography, the histories of migration, decolonization and nationalism that inform his major works, and his relevance to contemporary culture. Including a timeline of key dates, this study offers an accessible reading of Rushdie's work and an overview of the varied critical reception this has provoked.