The book was announced as one of the 14 titles in the longlist for the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize on 18 September 2012. The memoir is unusual in the sense that Rushdie writes about his life as 'Joseph Anton' in the third person rather than the first person. Sir Salman Rushdie, (born June 19, 1947, Bombay, India), Indian-born novelist. It also includes the story of the break-up of his relationship with his second wife, Marianne Wiggins, and the acrimonious nature of their split, and his third and fourth marriages (and break-ups) to Elizabeth West and Padma Lakshmi. The memoir also discusses other aspects of his personal life, such as his friendship with other writers including Bruce Chatwin, Paul Theroux, Bill Buford, and Martin Amis, as well as public figures such as Alan Yentob. It has become a book that can be read, that no longer belongs to its maker. Even before anyone has read it, before eyes other than its creators have looked upon a single phrase, it is irretrievably altered.

Rushdie began to use 'Joseph Anton' as a pseudonym Rushdie chose the alias to honor the writers Joseph Conrad and Anton Chekhov. Salman Rushdie, Joseph Anton: A Memoir 26 likes Like When a book leaves its authors desk it changes. Rushdie's 1988 novel The Satanic Verses had led to a widespread controversy among Muslims, prompting the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran. The Satanic Verses, magic realist epic novel by Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie that upon its publication in 1988 became one of the most controversial. Rushdie accounts his time in hiding from ongoing threats to his life. His first three novels - Grimus (1975), Midnights Children (1981) and Shame (1983) - were all met with praise but it was his fourth - The Satanic Verses - that brought criticism. Joseph Anton: A Memoir is an autobiographical book by the British Indian writer Salman Rushdie, first published in September 2012 by Random House. Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British author whose writing about religion and politics has made him controversial in some parts of the world.

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