Larry Adler on protests over Salman Rushdie book

Title

Larry Adler on protests over Salman Rushdie book

Genre

Interview

TX Date

26 May 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:57

Description

On the eve of a protest by Muslims it has been announced that for the first time a group of British authors are to publicly read out extracts from Salman Rushdie’s book, The Satanic Verses. Writer and musician Larry Adler has organised the reading; participants will include Martin Amis and Ian McEwan. Adler says British authors have been dishonourably slow in reacting to the death threats made against Rushdie, despite the danger. Interviewer is George Matheson.

Contributors

Larry Adler; George Matheson

Keywords

Books; Authors; Religion; Demonstrations; Censorship; Novels; Islam; Freedom of speech; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Readings

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