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IIRC Salman Rushdie has been followed by a bodyguard for decades now due to his controversial book "Satanic Verses" (1988) [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
by Ftuuky 4y ago
IIRC Salman Rushdie has been followed by a bodyguard for decades now due to his controversial book "Satanic Verses" (1988) [0].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses_controversy
- everybodyknows 4y agoA sad irony: Rushdie recently recited a short story (by a different author) describing a successful assassination plot -- https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/fiction/salman-rushdie-reads-donald-barthelme https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/fiction/salman-rushdie-rea...
- hammyhavoc 4y agoYes, Iran issued a fatwa on him. Of all the places, I learned the most about it from Curb Your Enthusiasm, weirdly.