Shame
Author: Salman Rushdie
Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here and hereOmar Khayyam Shakil had three mothers who shared everything. They shared the symptoms of pregnancy, they shared the son that they all claim to have borne on the same night. Raised at their six breasts, Omar’s mothers teach him to live a life without shame. And it is training that proves very useful when he leaves his….Read More
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