Imaginary Homelands. Essays and Criticism 1981–1991.

First US edition. Royal 8vo. Pp. [x], 432. Quarter-bound navy cloth over blue paper covered boards, lettered in silver to spine. Grey endpapers. Pictorial dustjacket, priced at $24.95 with 0591 numerical code (denoting date of publication) to front flap.

Signed by Author to title page. Remainder mark to lower page edges, else Fine.

Rushdie's first collection of essays on subjects as diverse as censorship, the Labour Party, contemporary film, race and religion. Also features literary criticism on Saul Bellow, John Berger, Italo Calvino, Raymond Carver, Bruce Chatwin, Richard Ford, Nadine Gordimer, Graham Greene, Rudyard Kipling, John le Carré, V.S. Naipaul, Thomas Pynchon, Satyajit Ray, Philip Roth et al.

Some of the selections here initially appeared in London Review of Books, The Guardian, Index on Censorship, Observer, Granta, The Times, American Film, New Society, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Times Literary Supplement, and Independent on Sunday. "Rushdie's probing, teasing, intelligent voice is in every sentence; every word he writes feels personal. You can't ask for more than that in an essay." –Kirkus Reviews