After an Internal Event, he can no longer tell “ reality from ‘reality’” and “began to think of himself as a natural citizen…of that imaginary world beyond the screen to which he was so devoted, and which he believed, provided him, and therefore everyone, with the moral, social, and practical guidelines by which all men and women should live.” Quichotte (pronounced “key-SHOT”), as a handy pronunciation guide declares, is built on Don Quixote, and Rushdie’s protagonist is an aging South Asian pharmaceutical agent who traverses the highways and byways of America and spends all his spare time watching TV.
Quichotte has some of the hallmarks of a typical Rushdie novel-a clever frame narrative, a plethora of characters, an eccentric yet compelling protagonist, constant allusions to literary and popular culture works, and plenty of references to contemporary events drawn from newspapers and television. Quichotte, his fourteenth novel has earned him a spot on the Booker shortlist even before it was officially published. With 13 novels, four non-fiction works, a short story collection, the Booker and the Best of Booker, a notorious fatwa from the late Ayatollah Khomeini that sent him into hiding for many years, and a knighthood, he is a literary legend. Salman Rushdie is perhaps the best known contemporary South Asian writer.
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