Novel by Salman Rushdie, an ode to rock and roll, centres around the indian guitarist Ormus Cama and his lover, the singer Vina Apsara, who together found the band VTO. Their story is told by their friend and Vina's occasional lover, the photographer Rai. Rushdie creates a sort of parallel universe, in which John Lennon sings "Satisfaction" and the UK fight in Vietnam, and also makes many allusions to Greek mythology. Apparently, U2 plan to record lyrics from the book.