Salman Rushdie

SALMAN RUSHDIE

Date of Birth: June 19, 1947
Birthplace: Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Current Residence: London, England
Education: King's College, Cambridge, M.A. (with honors).
Profession: Actor, Fringe Theatre, London, England, 1968-69; Freelance advertising copywriter, 1970-73 and 1976-80; Writer, 1975--; Executive member of Camden Committee for Community Relations, 1976-83; Member of advisory board, Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1985--; member of British Film Institute Production Board, 1986--.

...Readers will nod in acknowledgement of Rushdie's recognition that Tthe whole world was burning on a shorter fuse.U Rushdie remains a master of satire that rings true with unsettling acuity and dark, comedic brilliance., Publishers Weekly

Professor Malik Solanka, retired historian of ideas, irascible dollmaker, and since his recent fifty-fifth birthday celibate and solitary by his own (much criticized) choice, in his silvered years found himself living in a golden age.
-Salman Rushdie, Fury

Rushdie's vision of humanity--his totally unfettered imagination--rests on the twin foundations of his cosmopolitanism and his intelligence. His vibrant, metaphorically soaring language is the fuel that runs this outlandish, poignant novel to its amazing conclusion.
-Brad Hooper, Booklist