Author Salman Rushdie discusses his latest novel,_ The Golden House_. Rushdie is joined in conversation by Homi K. Bhabha, Director of the [Mahindra Humanities Center](http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/ "website") at Harvard University. **About the Book** On the day of Barack Obama’s inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from foreign shores takes up residence in the architectural jewel of “the Gardens,” a cloistered community in New York’s Greenwich Village. The neighborhood is a bubble within a bubble, and the residents are immediately intrigued by the eccentric newcomer and his family. [—Penguin Random House](http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558138/the-golden-house-by-salman-rushdie/9780399592805/ "") Thumbnail Image: [Spencer Means/Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/hunky_punk/23139048910 "")