The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories

The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of StoriesFrom internationally renowned, award winning author Salman Rushdie, a spellbinding exploration of life, death, and what comes into focus at the proverbial eleventh hour of life Rushdie turns his extraordinary imagination to lifes final act with a quintet of stories that span the three countries in which he has made his workIndia, England, and Americaand feature an unforgettable cast of characters. In the South introduces a pair of quarrelsome old

Because on top of it all

and emotionally—it soon becomes clear that not everyone is playing by the rules

chronicle the lives of powerful women and children

It seems her fiancé isn’t the only one who’s been keeping secrets…

Not the plucky one

Reading it is like meeting a family that you never knew existed and becoming close friends in a few weeks

semi-autobiographical debut novel that explores a young woman’s struggle with mental illness at Oxford University in the 1950s—for readers of Ottessa Moshfegh

setting off a domino effect of dangerous consequences

A girl who had everything

where she meets Leo

the mother of iconic singer-songwriters Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

” — John Stauffer