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Salman Rushdie is one of the most widely discussed and controversial of contemporary writers, particularly since the publication of The Satanic Verses and the complex issues raised by the ensuing 'Rushdie Affair'. In this important study of the novelist, Damian Grant discusses the novel and its repercussions and sets the episode within the wider context of Rushdie's other work through to The Moor's Last Sigh (1996). He reveals how Rushdie's novels can be seen as texts characteristic of our period, negotiating between different - often conflicting - cultures, discourses, and conceptions of truth. Grant also shows how Rushdie demonstrates dual responsibility to the world of historical circumstances and to the world of the imagination.