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  <name><![CDATA[Salman Rushdie]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an novelist and essayist. Much of his early fiction is set at least partly on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism, while a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the Eastern and Western world.

His fourth novel, &lt;i&gt;The Satanic Verses&lt;/i&gt;, led to protests from Muslims in several countries, some of which were violent. Faced with death threats and a fatwa (religious edict) issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, which called for him to be killed, he spent nearly a decade largely underground, appearing in public only sporadically. In June 2007, he was appointed a Knight Bachelor for &quot;services to literature&quot;, which &quot;thrilled and humbled&quot; him. In 2007, he began a five-year term as Distinguished Writer in Residence at Emory University.
]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Bombay</hometown>  <born_at>06/19/1947</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Midnight's Children]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Salman Rushdie]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.16</average_rating>
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  <published>1980</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Satanic Verses: A Novel]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Salman Rushdie]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
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  <published>1988</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Haroun and the Sea of Stories]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Salman Rushdie]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.07</average_rating>
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  <published>1990</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Ground Beneath Her Feet]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Salman Rushdie]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.69</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2242</ratings_count>
  <published>1999</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Shalimar the Clown: A Novel]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Salman Rushdie]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2053</ratings_count>
  <published>2005</published>  
  
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        <book id="9865">
  <title><![CDATA[The Moor's Last Sigh]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Salman Rushdie]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.96</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1907</ratings_count>
  <published>1995</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Enchantress of Florence]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Salman Rushdie]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.38</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1931</ratings_count>
  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Fury]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Salman Rushdie]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.31</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1463</ratings_count>
  <published>2001</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Shame]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Salman Rushdie]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.85</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1080</ratings_count>
  <published>1983</published>  
  
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        <book id="9868">
  <title><![CDATA[East, West]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Salman Rushdie]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.60</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>800</ratings_count>
  <published>1994</published>  
  
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