Joseph Anton: A Memoir
- Publisher : Penguin Random House
- Publishing year : August 2013
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9780099563440
- Imprint : Vintage
- Age Group : Adult
- Language : English
On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that would change his life fore ...
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 death sentence. This book offers an account of how he was forced to live in hiding for over a decade.
Born on 19th June 1947, Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a novelist and essayist. in January 1999, he was appointed as the Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France. Later, in June 2007, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Rushdie has written several books such as The Satanic Verses, Shalimar the Clown, Shame and The Enchantress of Florence, among others.
