I read The Satanic Verses and I remember it well. It is a good book, beautifully written, using the literary device of magic realism to deliver a thoughtful critique of radical Islamic doctrine and urging

In case you have been avoiding the media, Salman Rushdie was attacked during a talk and had his neck stabbed. In addition to having life threatening injuries, he's also likely going to lose sight in his

Most of the world's eyes right now are on New York where Salman Rushdie, known for his Islam-critic publication Satanic verses, was stabbed in the neck at a literature event. And whoever is not paying

Salman Rushdie is a significant figure in modern writing, and I recently read his Joseph Anton: A Memoir (my review). In it he mentions the conception and the development of Haroun and the Sea of Stories