Flapping Eagle is a young Indian given the gift of immortality after drinking a magic fluid. Tiring of the burden of immortal life he sets off to find the mystical Calf Island, where he can rejoin the human race. His journey is peopled with strange assortments of characters, including the clumsy, loquacious Virgil Jones; his ugly, tragic companion, Dolores O'Toole; the wicked conjurer, Nicholas Deggle; the dainty, light-spirited Elfrida Gribb; and the enigmatic, pervasive Grimus, creator and controller of the mysterious island.

An enticing combination of science fantasy, storytelling and folklore makes this first novel by Salman Rushdie an epic adventure truly unlike any other.

Salman Rushdie is the author of thirteen novels, one collection of short stories, three works of non-fiction, and the co-editor ofThe Vintage Book of Indian Writing. In 1993Midnight's Childrenwas judged to be the Best of the Booker, the best novel to have won the Booker Prize in its forty year history.The Moor's Last Sighwon the Whitbread Prize in 1995 and the European Union's Aristeion Prize for Literature in 1996. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.

Salman Rushdie's first novel - reissued with a stunning new jacket.