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more about #ianmcewan more comments → Pope John Peeps II: I always mix up Ian McKewan with Ian Rankin, so when I hear people say "greatest living writer" I always think "really? Detective Rebus is great, but.... more » Lizawithazee: I don't know about you, but a wussy writer wouldn't be my first choice of people to protect me if there was a fatwa on my ass. more » blix: Who was recently spotted in South Beach sporting a French bikini, spiked heels, high hair and enormous breasts? Salman Rushdie. more » forwardmotion: The story of having to hide a fellow author because of censorship by murder is more compelling and surreal than any work of fiction. more » pufflehuff: This is super-cute! Lovely to know that, in between issuing forth short stories stretched thinly into one-note novels, McEwan is a saviour for authors... more » backseat_driver10023: Is anyone gonna say anything literary and highbrow about this? more » WretchedGnu: That dreadful night in the cottage together was surely nothing compared to that of the Chesil Beach couple. more » -
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Ian McEwan Hid Salman Rushdie After Death Order
So it turns out Ian McEwan totally had his friend Salman Rushdie's back twenty years ago, after Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Rushdie for Satanic Verses. No wonder McEwan is so anti-Islamist. More »
