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Novelist sheltered Rushdie after fatwa

Source: Guardian Unlimited

London : United Kingdom | 9 months ago

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Ian McEwan , Salman Rushdie , Martin Amis and Julian Barnes - is already the stuff of legend. That was even before we learnt that for two of them the bond even extended to offering safe haven against the threat of state-sponsored assassins. Twenty years almost to the...

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Novelist sheltered Rushdie after fatwa

News Source: Guardian Unlimited | 9 months ago

Ian McEwan , Salman Rushdie , Martin Amis and Julian Barnes - is already the stuff of legend. That was even before we learnt that for two of them the bond even extended to offering safe haven against the threat of state-sponsored assassins. Twenty...