Salaman Rushdie death threat leads to record book sales

Title

Salaman Rushdie death threat leads to record book sales

Genre

Interview

TX Date

2 Mar 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:47

Description

Demand is outstripping supply of Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel The Satanic Verses following issuing of the death threat. Oni Bhattacharya? speaks to 2 booksellers (not identified) who comment on sales, one says it will be the best-selling unread book of 1989.

Contributors

Oni Bhattacharya

Keywords

Books; Authors; Ayatollah Khomeini; Islam; Freedom of speech; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; Ruhollah Khomeini; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Fatwa

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