{"product_id":"9780963270702","title":"The Satanic Verses","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked aeroplane blows apart high above the English Channel and two figures tumble, clutched in an embrace, towards the sea: Gibreel Farishta, India's legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA key novel of this century and one of the most controversial. Amid the myriad characters in this dream within fiction is one based on the prophet Muhammad, which throws him and his transcriptions of the Koran in a dubious light. As a result, the book was condemned by the Ayatollah Khomeini and Rushdie's execution demanded. Only in 1998 was the fatwa lifted, enabling the author to come out of hiding. (Kirkus UK)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Salman+Rushdie\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Salman Rushdie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377241374883,"sku":"9780963270702","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780963270702_98d11ab6-58d7-483d-b3b4-ccdfb5505ca1.jpg?v=1776517261","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780963270702","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}