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It was published in september 2012 by random house rushdie used joseph anton as a pseudonym while in hiding following the fatwa that had been issued by ayatollah khomeini, the spiritual and political leader of the islamic republic of iran, in the midst of criticism by some muslims and a. His second novel, midnights children 1981, won the booker prize in 1981 and was deemed to be the best novel of all winners on two separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize. Because what happened to salman rushdie was the first act of a drama that is still unfolding somewhere in the world every day. Sep 21, 2012 an wilson on salman rushdies memoir, joseph anton even as this book appears, the islamic world is once again in a fever of violence, with mobs being encouraged to take offence this time at. Sir ahmed salman rushdie frsl born 19 june 1947 is a british indian novelist and essayist. Sep 21, 2012 joseph anton begins in 1989, the year the world changed, before flashing back to rushdie s nominally muslim childhood in bombay. Joseph anton highlights rushdies exilic persona through direct comparisons to.
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