Once upon a time, in a world like ours, reason receded and the loudest, most illiberal voices reigned. In the kingdom of Fairyland, a gardener began to levitate, and a baby was born with the ability to see corruption in people's faces. In Salman Rushdie tradition, this novel is a thrilling story of worlds colliding, grand passions, and ideologies that transfix us. A spellbinding modern fairytale.