The author on Johnny Depp, bad dentistry and surviving Covid-19
Born in India, Sir Salman Rushdie, 73, worked as an advertising copywriter after leaving university. His second book, Midnight’s Children, won the Booker prize in 1981, and was named the Best of the Booker in 2008. His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, was published in 1988 and led to a fatwa. Quichotte, which was Booker-shortlisted in 2019, is out in paperback on 23 July. Rushdie lives in New York, has been married four times and has two children.
When were you happiest?
I’m pretty happy right now, although the plague is a problem. I got the virus early, and was unwell for two and a half weeks. I was spared the worst symptoms; I realise more strongly every day that I’m one of the very lucky ones.
from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3eMKHFu
