Description

• One of the most controversial books ever published, the Iranian regime imposed a fatwa calling for devout followers to kill Rushdie & take vengeance on anyone associated with the book’s publication & dissemination. The fatwa technically remains in place, has resulted in numerous attacks & culminated with Rushdie’s vicious but non-fatal stabbing in New York in 2022
• First Printing [Viking Penguin, London, 1988]; [x], 547, [blank, Acknowledgements, blank] pages; blue cloth, gold titling to spine, a near-fine copy; in like illustrated dustjacket, unclipped [12.95 net], a little rubbed & bumped along edges
• First Trade Printing with blue dustjacket & full number line
• ISBN: 0-670-81757-0 / 0670817570 [colophon]
• ISBN: 0-670-82537-9 / 0670825379 [jacket]