'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult. (Salman Rushdie)

'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult.

Salman Rushdie

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