D.C.R.A.GOONETILLEKE is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

'A valuable and thorough reading of a major contemporary novelist's writing'- Professor Randy Boyagoda, Ryerson University, Canada

• AcknowledgementsChronologyEarly Life and Early WorksMidnights ChildrenShameThe Jaguar Smile and The Satanic VersesHaroun and the Sea of StoriesEast, WestThe Moors Last SighThe Ground Beneath Her FeetFuryShalimar the ClownThe Enchantress of FlorenceConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex.

D.C.R.A.GOONETILLEKE is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

'A valuable and thorough reading of a major contemporary novelist's writing'- Professor Randy Boyagoda, Ryerson University, Canada

• AcknowledgementsChronologyEarly Life and Early WorksMidnights ChildrenShameThe Jaguar Smile and The Satanic VersesHaroun and the Sea of StoriesEast, WestThe Moors Last SighThe Ground Beneath Her FeetFuryShalimar the ClownThe Enchantress of FlorenceConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex.

D.C.R.A.GOONETILLEKE is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

'A valuable and thorough reading of a major contemporary novelist's writing'- Professor Randy Boyagoda, Ryerson University, Canada

• AcknowledgementsChronologyEarly Life and Early WorksMidnights ChildrenShameThe Jaguar Smile and The Satanic VersesHaroun and the Sea of StoriesEast, WestThe Moors Last SighThe Ground Beneath Her FeetFuryShalimar the ClownThe Enchantress of FlorenceConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex.