From the winner of the 'Best of the Booker', Salman Rushdie, comes a penetrating and inspiring collection of essays, criticism, and speeches that takes readers on a fascinating journey through the evolution of language and culture.

'One of the greatest writers of our time' - Neil Gaiman

On a wide variety of topics, Rushdie delves into the nature of storytelling as a deeply human need, and what emerges is a love letter to literature. Throughout, he shares his personal encounters, on the pages and in person, with storytellers from Shakespeare to Toni Morrison and revels in the creative lines that can connect art and life. Rushdie also examines the nature of truth and revisits immigration, multiculturalism, and censorship.

'Essential reading... Powerful' - Financial Times

'Rushdie is vital, expansive, the critic as storyteller, supporting his themes with zeal' - TLS

Pages: 368, Dimensions: 12.8x12.8cm