A rickshaw driver dreams of being a bombay movie star; indian diplomats, who as childhood friends hatched star trek fantasies, must boldly go into a hidden universe of conspiracy and violence; And Hamlet's jester is caug...A rickshaw driver dreams of being a bombay movie star; indian diplomats, who as childhood friends hatched star trek fantasies, must boldly go into a hidden universe of conspiracy and violence; And Hamlet's jester is caught up in murderous intrigues. In Rushdie's hybrid world, an indian guru can be a redheaded welshman, while christopher columbus is an immigrant, dreaming of western glory.