The Eleventh Hour (story collection)

The Eleventh Hour contains three novellas and two shorter pieces, set in India, England and the United States. All five address the issues of age, mortality and memory. • "In the South". Originally published in The New Yorker in 2009. • "The Musician of Kahani" • "Late" • "Oklahoma" • "The Old Man in the Piazza". Originally published in The New Yorker in 2020. ==Reception==

Reviewing The Eleventh Hour in The Observer, critic Anthony Cummins described it as rambling and uneven, with "noise, bombast and the accumulation of references [serving] as substitutes for character, scene-setting and drama"; he singled out "The Musician of Kahani" – "simple but effective" – as by far the book's best offering. In The Guardian, Kevin Power praised "In the South" as a deft and moving anecdote while finding "Late" and "The Musician of Kahani" (which he described as a reprise of "Rushdie's greatest hits") entertaining but not particularly strong. ==References==