Joseph anton A Memoir

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco ChronicleNewsweek/The Daily BeastThe Seattle TimesThe EconomistKansas City StarBookPageOn February 14, 1989, Valentine's Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been "sentenced to death" by the Ayatollah Kho...

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Main Author: Rushdie, Salman
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Language:English
Published: 2012.
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