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

STEPHEN MORTON is Lecturer in Anglophone Literature and Culture at the University of Southampton, UK.

General Editors Preface
Acknowledgments
PART 1: INTRODUCTION
Timeline
Introduction
Author Biography
PART 2: MAJOR WORKS
Midnight's Children and Shame
The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories and East, West
The Moor's Last Sigh
Shalimar the Clown
PART 3: CRITICISM AND CONTEXTS
Rushdie's Non-fiction
Rushdie in Question: The Critical Reception
Annotated Further Reading and Bibliography.