In a novel by this author, the young filmmaker René has an affair with Vasilisa and uses the extended metaphor of “The Joker” to refer to Donald Trump. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this author who also wrote Shame and The Satanic Verses.
ANSWER: Salman Rushdie [or Ahmed Salman Rushdie]
[10h] In this 2017 Rushdie novel, Nero and his children leave Mumbai for New York and become the subject of René’s film project. Nero’s gender-questioning child D. dates Riya, who works at the Museum of Identity, in this novel.
ANSWER: The Golden House
[10m] Shehryar Fazli criticized The Golden House relative to Rushdie’s novel about this character, but praised it for preserving this character’s idea that “most of what matters” happens in a person’s absence. This character’s large nose grants him telepathy.
ANSWER: Saleem Sinai [or Saleem]
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