2013 Book Festival Highlights

Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie was in Edinburgh to discuss his latest book, Joseph Anton, which gives a frank account of his experience of going underground during the time there was a fatwa against him.
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Salman Rushdie was in Edinburgh to discuss his latest book, Joseph Anton, which gives a frank account of his experience of going underground during the time there was a fatwa against him.
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