The Moor's Last Sigh

Synopsis

'salman rushdie's greatest novel' sunday times moraes 'moor' zogoiby is the last in line of a crooked and fantastical dynasty of spice merchants and crime lords from cochin. He is also a compulsive storyteller and an exile. As we travel with him on a route that takes him from india to spain, he spins his labyrinthine family tale of mad passions and volcanic family hatreds. But does the india of his parents - populated by extravagant artists, piratical gatekeepers and mysterious lost paintings - still exist? And will he ever discover what became of his fiery and tempestuous mother?