The Moors Last Sigh

What do we do when the world's walls - its family structures, its value-systems, its political forms - crumble? The central character of this novel, 'Moor' Zogoiby, only son of a wealthy, artistic-bohemian Bombay family , finds himself at such a moment of crisis. His mother, a famous painter and an emotional despot, worships beauty, but Moor is ugly, he has a deformed hand. Moor falls in love, with a married woman; when their secret is revealed, both are expelled: a suicide pact is proposed, but only the woman dies. Moor chooses to accept his fate, plunges, into a life of depravity in Bombay, then leaves for London where he becomes embroiled in a major financial scandal. The novel ends in Spain, in the studio of a painter who was the lover of Moor's mother: in a violent climax Moor has, once more, to decide whether to save the life of his lover by sacrificing his own.

Title - The Moors Last Sigh

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Author - Salman Rushdie

ISBN 13 - 9780224038140

Imprint - Jonathan Cape Ltd

Publisher - Vintage Publishing

Date Published - 07/09/1995

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Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - 160 x 245 x mm

Weight - 855 g

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