Man Booker prize-winner and internationally best-selling author Salman Rushdie is best known for Midnights Children and The Satanic Verses with which he sealed his reputation as a fearless and irreverent writer of post-colonial fiction. His latest Quichotte is inspired by the classic Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, and tells the story of an ageing travelling salesman who falls in love with a TV star and sets off to drive across America on a quest to prove himself worthy of her hand. Quichotte’s tragicomic tale is one of a deranged time, and deals, along the way with father-son relationships, sibling quarrels, racism, the opioid crisis, and the end of the world.

Salman Rushdie is the author of fourteen novels including Midnight’s Children, for which he won the Man Booker Prize and Booker of Bookers Prize, and one collection of short stories. He has also published four works of non-fiction, including the internationally acclaimed bestseller, Joseph Anton, and has co-edited two anthologies. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature. His books have been translated into over forty languages.

Join us for an evening with a true master of the craft.