Flaubert's Parrot/ History of the World in 10½ Chapters

Flaubert’s Parrot
– Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1984, this novel follows a bemused researcher on his quest to uncover facts about a renowned French novelist and the stuffed parrot that once adorned his desk.
A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
– This inventive work weaves together fact and fiction through a series of vivid vignettes, spanning from the era of Noah to the modern day. Celebrated by Salman Rushdie as “frequently brilliant, funny, thoughtful, iconoclastic and a delight to read,” it is one of the author’s most imaginative creations.