"Offspring Fictions: Salman Rushdies Family Novels" is the first book-length study that examines families and especially the parent-child relationship in Rushdies core works. It argues that Sigmund Freuds concept of the family and the authors variations thereon are central to a full understanding of the four novels "Midnights" "Children," "Shame," the controversial "The Satanic Verses" and "The Moors Last Sigh," a quasi-sequel to Rushdies first success. Through close readings that make use of a variety of critical approaches, "Offspring Fictions" provides a sustained examination of how the...