{"product_id":"the-eleventh-hour-9781529968842","title":"The Eleventh Hour","description":"\u003cp\u003eDazzling new short stories from Salman Rushdie that transport us around the world from Bombay neighbourhoods to elite English universities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion, they were well into the eleventh hour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo quarrelsome old men in Chennai, India, experience private tragedy during national calamity. Revisiting the Bombay neighbourhood of Midnight's Children, a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire. In an English university college, an undead academic asks a lonely student to avenge his former tormentor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese five dazzling works of fiction move between the three countries that Salman Rushdie has called home – India, England and America – and explore what it means to approach the eleventh hour of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Salman Rushdie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 Aug 2026 by Vintage Publishing.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Salman Rushdie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320827617658,"sku":"9781529968842","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781529968842.jpg?v=1790663173","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-eleventh-hour-9781529968842","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}