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From the Archives: Salman Rushdie

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As part of our special Thanksgiving programming, we revisit our interview with Salman Rushdie following the release of his new memoir “Joseph Anton.” The Booker Prize-winning author recounts the nine years he lived under the Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwah, which was imposed in response to Rushdie’s 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses.”

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Salman Rushdie, novelist, essayist and author of his most recent, "Joseph Anton: A Memoir"

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