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Jul 2019
52m 6s

Salman Rushdie Reads "The Little King"

WNYC STUDIOS AND THE NEW YORKER
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Salman Rushdie reads his story from the July 29, 2019, issue of the magazine. Rushdie has published eleven novels, including "Midnight's Children," "The Satanic Verses," "Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights," and "The Golden House." His new novel, "Quichotte," from which this story was adapted, will be published in September. 
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