A }Guardian{ Book of the Year, Salman Rushdie returns with an interrogation of the idea of alternative truth, with the story of the Golden family told from the point of view of their Manhattanite neighbour and confidant, charting the ephemera and tone of each stage of the past eight years in American culture **New York Times bestseller**A Guardian / Observer Book of the YearWhen powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances, he and his three adult children assume new identities, taking 'Roman' names, and move into a grand mansion in downtown Manhattan.
