Salman Rushdie's New Book Stirs Controversy in Bombay

NPR All Things Considered | October 14, 1995 | Copyright

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The Indian writer, who is already subject to a death threat from the government of Iran, has written "The Moors' Last Sigh", a thinly veiled parody of a right-wing Hindu party leader in India's capital city.

DANIEL ZWERDLING, Host: Writer Salman Rushdie has another book out and, as usual, he is stirring up a lot of controversy. You probably remember that the government of Iran issued a death sentence against Rushdie for his novel, The Satanic Verses, which Iranian leaders say is offensive to Islam. Rushdie still is in hiding because of that death ...

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