This month's best paperbacks: Salman Rushdie, Greta Thunberg and more
The novel Victory City by Salman Rushdie is an abridged translation of the epic poem Jayaparajaya, documenting the history of the Vijayanagara empire in south India.
The novel portrays the Vijayanagara empire as a hub of art, new ideas, and economic power, but also a place filled with intrigue, rival factions, and foreign wars.