The Golden House By Salman Rushdie

The Golden House By Salman Rushdie Details

From Nero to Obama via The Godfather Rushdie blends ancient history and myth with popular culture crime caper and film techniques to fashion a morality tale for today GUARDIAN When powerful real estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances he and his three adult children assume new identities and move into a grand mansion in downtown Manhattan Arriving shortly after the inauguration of Barack Obama Nero and his sons each extraordinary in his own right quickly establish themselves at the apex of New York society Their story is told by their neighbour Rene an aspiring filmmaker who finds in the Guldens the perfect subject Rene chronicles the undoing of the house of Golden the high life of money of art and fashion a sibling quarrel an unexpected metamorphosis the arrival of a beautiful woman betrayal and murder In a new world order of alternative truths here is the ultimate novel about identity veracity terror and lies