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Salman Rushdie to discuss ‘The Eleventh Hour’ in Houston
The book consists of five interconnected stories set in India, England and the United States and examines themes of aging, mortality, memory, identity, legacy and language.
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Staff Reporter - Tue, 06, Jan 2026
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Salman Rushdie/ The book's cover / Photo Credit: inprint.org
Bestselling author Salman Rushdie will discuss his new fiction story collection, The Eleventh Hour, in Houston on Jan. 12 as part of the 2025/2026 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.
Rushdie will read from the book and speak with fiction writer Brenda Peynado. Inprint said Rushdie’s appearance marks his return to the series as a three-time past participant and a member of the Inprint National Advisory Board.
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The Eleventh Hour, published in November 2025, is Rushdie’s first work of fiction since the 2022 stabbing attack that left him blind in one eye.
The book consists of five interconnected stories set in India, England and the United States and examines themes of aging, mortality, memory, identity, legacy and language. Rushdie has described the collection as “a single work,” with each story “in conversation with one another,” framed by a prologue and an epilogue.
The book has drawn strong critical response. Kirkus Reviews called it a “provocative set of tales” that “celebrate life, language, and love in the face of death,” while Publishers Weekly said the stories are “grounded in moving ruminations on the afterlife and what a person leaves behind.”
The Spectator wrote that “more than 40 years after Midnight’s Children, there is still nobody who spins a yarn quite like Salman Rushdie.”
Inprint said the event will begin at 7:30 p.m., with the venue to be disclosed to ticket holders and season subscribers 10 days in advance for security reasons. General admission tickets cost $40 and include a copy of The Eleventh Hour. Additional copies will be available for purchase at a discount at the event through Brazos Bookstore.
The Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, founded in 1980, has featured more than 400 writers from 40 countries. According to Inprint, the series has included winners of 13 Nobel Prizes, 74 Pulitzer Prizes, 68 National Book Awards, 57 National Book Critics Circle Awards and 18 Booker Prizes, as well as 23 U.S. Poets Laureate.
Tickets are available at inprint.org.
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