Word: bookings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rushdie went into hiding after Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini said he should die for writing the book, which many Muslims have found blasphemous...
...another line marked 'freedom.' " At midweek B. Dalton, which also owns the Barnes & Noble stores, announced that "at the urging of an overwhelming majority of its store managers and employees," it would again stock the Rushdie novel. Waldenbooks said it would stick to its policy of selling the book but not displaying it, though local managers were permitted to put it on the shelves if they chose to. For the moment, the talk was theoretical, since the book was sold...
...Rushdie, he remained in hiding. With him was his American wife, novelist Marianne Wiggins, who canceled her U.S. book tour to promote her new novel, John Dollar...
...characters, has wit, charm and the requisite razzmatazz -- his parts in Forum and Fiddler were played by Zero Mostel -- but lacks the star attribute of effortless ease. Yet if Robbins has not unearthed the treasure trove that many hoped for, he still offers a richly illuminated manuscript from the book of Broadway's beloved past...
WORLD: The Ayatullah's wrath over a book confirms that the real blasphemy is within Iran...