Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie All of Gogol's most memorable

All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose

But the school authorities detect a rebellious streak in him and insist he be sent to a special school far away

Mirdad offers lessons on themes such as love

and I put him on trial

most languages had no words for numbers greater than five - anything from six to infinity was known as 'lots'

Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie All of Gogol's most memorableLos Angeles, 1991. Maximilian Ophuls, one of the makers of the modern world, is knifed to death in broad daylight on the doorstep of his illegitimate daughter India, slaughtered by his Kashmiri driver, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar the Clown. The dead man is a World War II Resistance hero, a man of formidable intellectual ability and much erotic appeal, a former United States ambassador to India, and subsequently America's counter