From the author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children comes an unflinchingly honest and fiercely funny account of a life turned upside-down.
On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that would change his life forever: Ayatollah Khomeini, a leading Muslim scholar, had issued him with a fatwa. This is his own account of how he was forced to live in hiding for over a decade; at once intimate and explosive, this is the personal tale behind the international story.
In Joseph Anton, Rushdie tells the remarkable story of one of the crucial battles, in our time, for freedom of speech.
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Biography Prize
| ISBN: | 9780099563440 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 2013 |
| Author: | Salman Rushdie |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 656 pages |
| Genres: |
Memoirs Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict Autobiography: writers Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |
From the author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children comes an unflinchingly honest and fiercely funny account of a life turned upside-down.
On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that would change his life forever: Ayatollah Khomeini, a leading Muslim scholar, had issued him with a fatwa. This is his own account of how he was forced to live in hiding for over a decade; at once intimate and explosive, this is the personal tale behind the international story.
In Joseph Anton, Rushdie tells the remarkable story of one of the crucial battles, in our time, for freedom of speech.
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Biography Prize
Joseph Anton features in the following genres: Memoirs, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Autobiography: writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Joseph Anton is available in Paperback, Ebook
Joseph Anton was written by Salman Rushdie and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
Joseph Anton has 656 pages
£11.69