Then it came to him: Conrad and Chekhov-Joseph Anton. He thought of writers he loved and various combinations of their names. Rushdie was asked to choose an alias that the police could call him by. So begins the extraordinary story of how a writer was forced underground, moving from house to house, with the constant presence of an armed police protection team. It was the first time Rushdie heard the word "fatwa." His crime? To have written a novel called The Satanic Verses, which was accused of being "against Islam, the Prophet, and the Quran." Please note: We ask that books and tickets be picked up from Warwick’s by Friday, September 21st at 5:00pm to ensure quick admittance to the event.Ībout the book: On February 14, 1989, Valentine's Day, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist who told the author that he had been "sentenced to death" by the Ayatollah Khomeini. Please contact Warwick’s at (858) 454-0347 to reserve your seats or for more information.
We are no longer accepting weborders for this event. $60 Package: Includes admittance for 2 to event and one copy of Joseph Anton: A Memoir There are 2 ticket packages: $40 Package: Includes admittance to the event and a copy of Joseph Anton: A Memoir. Rushdie will discuss his autobiography Joseph Anton, followed by a Q&A and book signing. On Saturday, Septemat 7:30 pm, at the Mandeville Auditorium on the UCSD Campus, Mr. Warwick’s and UC San Diego’s Revelle Forum present an evening with Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie.
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