When the fatwa against Salman Rushdie came down things turned nasty, and literary society took sides. Some of the divisions remain... | Vanity Fair

By oceanlost

Has anyone here read *Joseph Anton*? It’s Rushdie’s memoir about the 9-ish years he was basically in protective hiding in England and then New York. I’m finding it really enjoyable, like it’s not just heavy stuff—he gets into all kinds of his literary friends and enemies. Also, the people who helped him are listed and it’s kind of wild: Sontag, Ginsberg, Vonnegut, Bono, Pynchon, and more.