Salaman Rushdie death threat leads to record book sales
- Title
- Salaman Rushdie death threat leads to record book sales
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 2 Mar 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:01:47
- Description
- Demand is outstripping supply of Salman Rushdieâs controversial novel The Satanic Verses following issuing of the death threat. Oni Bhattacharya? speaks to 2 booksellers (not identified) who comment on sales, one says it will be the best-selling unread book of 1989.
- Contributors
- Oni Bhattacharya
- Keywords
- Books; Authors; Ayatollah Khomeini; Islam; Freedom of speech; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; Ruhollah Khomeini; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Fatwa
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LBC/IRN, "Salaman Rushdie death threat leads to record book sales". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0001900444003 (Accessed 23 May 2025)