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Salman Rushdie gained a worldwide popularity with his fourth novel The Satanic Verses that caused a strong response from the Muslim world, which believed that the book is a caricature of Islam. Learn more about the author of acclaimed novels, thorough essays and inspirational children´s books, a man who spent a decade in hiding, fearing for his safety after an Islamic authority called for his execution, as well as his works in this book.

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