The Moor’s Last Sigh - Salman Rushdie

Condition: Good vintage reading condition. General shelf wear, edge wear, creasing, rubbing, and surface marks to covers and spine. Some corner wear and light age toning to pages. Binding remains solid and the text is clean and readable.

The Moor's Last Sigh is a sprawling, feverish family saga that moves through generations of merchants, artists, lovers, gangsters, and political extremists across India and beyond. Told through the voice of Moraes “Moor” Zogoiby, the novel blends history, myth, memory, and satire into a dense and richly imaginative narrative.

Set largely in Bombay, the story explores religious conflict, colonial legacy, corruption, nationalism, art, and identity, while tracing the rise and collapse of a powerful family whose history mirrors the fractures of modern India itself.

Written in Rushdie’s characteristic style, the novel mixes magical realism, dark humour, political commentary, and extravagant storytelling. The Moor's Last Sigh is often considered one of his major later works and won the Whitbread Novel Award in 1995.