a novel Rushdie, Salman creator author. Gene Berry and Jeffrey Campbell Collection (Library of Congress) text Psychological fiction. nyu London Jonathan Cape Random House 2019 monographic eng

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390 pages ; 25 cm "Quichotte, an aging traveling salesman obsessed with the "unreal real" of TV, falls in impossible love with a queen of the screen; while obsessively writing her love letters, he wishes an imaginary son, Sancho, into existence. Together they set off across America in Quichotte's trusty Chevy Cruze to find her and convince her of his love. Meanwhile, Quichotte's tragicomic story is being told by the author who created him: Brother, a mediocre spy novelist in the midst of a midlife crisis. As their stories intertwine, we are taken on a wild, picaresque journey through a country on the edge of moral and spiritual collapse. Just as Cervantes wrote Don Quixote to satirize the culture of his time, Rushdie brings us a new twist on a classic. Quichotte is a profoundly human love story and a wickedly entertaining satire of a corrupt age in which fact is so often indiscernible from fiction. With unforgettable characters and riveting suspense, this dazzling novel showcases an essential storyteller at his brilliant best"-- Salman Rushdie. Novelists Fiction Midlife crisis Fiction Voyages and travels Fiction FICTION / Literary FICTION / Sagas PR6068.U757 Q53 2019 823.914 9781787331914 9781787331921 9780593132982 9780593133262 2019016494 Ayesha Abed Library DLC 260308 20260720142642.0 45399 eng