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Quichotte

Quichotte

Salman Rushdie (born 1947)

English editions

Written in English

  • Quichotte

    Vintage · United Kingdom · 23 July 2020 · Paperback · 416 pages

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  • Quichotte

    Jonathan Cape · United Kingdom · 29 August 2019 · Hardcover · 416 pages

  • Quichotte

    Random House · United States · September 2019 · Hardcover · 416 pages

  • Quichotte

    Random House Trade Paperbacks · United States · 26 May 2020 · Paperback · 416 pages

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Sam DuChamp, a writer of spy thrillers whose own son is missing, invents a hero: Quichotte, an ageing travelling salesman for a pharmaceutical company who has watched so much television that he becomes infatuated with a star, Miss Salma R., and takes to the road across the United States to win her. With him goes Sancho, a son he has imagined into existence. On the way they meet bigotry, the opioid trade and violence, as well as a talking cricket and strange signs that the world may be ending, from people turning into mastodons to rips in the sky. Alongside their quest runs the writer's own story of fathers and sons and quarrelling siblings, and the two journeys begin to mirror each other.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Genres
Satire (assigned by AI)
Set in
United States
First published
2019
Author's age
72 when first published
ISBN

9781787331914 (Jonathan Cape, United Kingdom)

9780593132982 (Random House, United States)

9780593133002 (Random House Trade Paperbacks, United States)

9781529111989 (Vintage, United Kingdom)

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