books.google.ca - In this brilliant novel, Salman Rushdie masterfully combines history, art, language, politics, and religion. Set in a country "not quite Pakistan," the story centers around the families of two men -- one a celebrated warrior, the other, a debauched playboy engaged in a protracted duel that is played...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Shame.html?id=bx-4nZ4V4cYC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareShame