Author: RUSHDIE, SALMAN
Title: Fury a Novel
Description: New York, NY: Random House, 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 067946333X. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. The former owner has added a ribbon bookmark to the text block. "Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981) , won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize. After his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988) , Rushdie became the subject of several assassination attempts and death threats, including a fatwa calling for his death issued by Ruhollah Khomeini, the supreme leader of Iran. Numerous killings and bombings have been carried out by extremists who cite the book as motivation, sparking a debate about censorship and religiously motivated violence. On 12 August 2022, a man stabbed Rushdie after rushing onto the stage where the novelist was scheduled to deliver a lecture at an event in Chautauqua, New York." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .
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Title: Fury a Novel
Description: New York, NY: Random House, 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 067946333X. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. The former owner has added a ribbon bookmark to the text block. "Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981) , won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize. After his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988) , Rushdie became the subject of several assassination attempts and death threats, including a fatwa calling for his death issued by Ruhollah Khomeini, the supreme leader of Iran. Numerous killings and bombings have been carried out by extremists who cite the book as motivation, sparking a debate about censorship and religiously motivated violence. On 12 August 2022, a man stabbed Rushdie after rushing onto the stage where the novelist was scheduled to deliver a lecture at an event in Chautauqua, New York." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 067946333X Modern Fiction First Edition Salman Rushdie Families Anger
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 43766
- Book number: 43766
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