Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ tops Amazon bestsellers lists after author stabbed

[JacksinPA]

Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ tops Amazon bestsellers lists after author stabbed

Rushdie has faced death threats for more than three decades over his 1988 novel, whose depiction of the Prophet Muhammad was viewed as blasphemous by some conservative Muslims.

nypost.com

Salman Rushdie’s novel “The Satanic Verses” was propelled to the top of multiple Amazon bestseller lists, just days after the world-renowned author was stabbed in western New York.

Rushdie has faced death threats for more than three decades over his 1988 novel, whose depiction of the Prophet Muhammad was viewed as blasphemous by some conservative Muslims.

Since Friday’s attack at the Chautauqua Institute in Chautauqua, NY, Rushdie’s most famous tome topped Amazon’s Contemporary Literature & Fiction list, was the second bestseller in both the Politics & Social Science and the Self-Help & Psychology Humor categories, and came in at No 3 on the Fiction Satire list.

As of Tuesday morning, “The Satanic Verses” was the 26th best-selling book on Amazon’s US website overall.
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How many have read this book in the 30-something years it's been out?

 

[Pound4abrown]

Great book, bought it when it came out.
There was such hysteria surrounding the Fatwa put on him that the book retailer, I want to say I got it at Bookland, had them locked behind the register.

 

[HangLow]

Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ tops Amazon bestsellers lists after author stabbed

Rushdie has faced death threats for more than three decades over his 1988 novel, whose depiction of the Prophet Muhammad was viewed as blasphemous by some conservative Muslims.

nypost.com

Salman Rushdie’s novel “The Satanic Verses” was propelled to the top of multiple Amazon bestseller lists, just days after the world-renowned author was stabbed in western New York.

Rushdie has faced death threats for more than three decades over his 1988 novel, whose depiction of the Prophet Muhammad was viewed as blasphemous by some conservative Muslims.

Since Friday’s attack at the Chautauqua Institute in Chautauqua, NY, Rushdie’s most famous tome topped Amazon’s Contemporary Literature & Fiction list, was the second bestseller in both the Politics & Social Science and the Self-Help & Psychology Humor categories, and came in at No 3 on the Fiction Satire list.

As of Tuesday morning, “The Satanic Verses” was the 26th best-selling book on Amazon’s US website overall.
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How many have read this book in the 30-something years it's been out?

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[MamboDervish]

"A FATWA ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES!" - Ayatollah Mohammad Mercutio al Elsinor

 

[Demon]

I'm glad he's doing ok. I was surprised to learn that he'd been married to Padma Lakshmi.

 

[HangLow]

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