Description
Rushdie, Salman . The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey. New York: Viking, 1987. First American Edition. ISBN: 9780670817573. pp. 170. Small 8vo. 1/2 black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. No detectable flaws to extremities, text-block equally bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine and housed in near fine dustjacket. Hardcover. ”The Jaguar Smile is Salman Rushdie’s first full-length non-fiction book, which he wrote in 1987 after visiting Nicaragua. The book is subtitled A Nicaraguan Journey and relates his travel experiences, the people he met as well as views on the political situation then facing the country. The book was written during a break the author took from writing his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.” (#2860) $35.00
