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3 March 1989: The challenge the fatwa against Salman Rushdie sets all writers.
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Ian McEwan's novels include "Enduring Love", "Atonement" and "On Chesil Beach".
3 March 1989: The challenge the fatwa against Salman Rushdie sets all writers.
By Ian McEwan

What the 20th-century author teaches us about politics and the imagination in a time of crisis.
By Ian McEwan and Adrian Bradley
What the writer teaches us about politics and the imagination in a time of crisis.
By Ian McEwan