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Thirty years on from the first time he heard the word ‘fatwa’, Booker prize winning author Salman Rushdie talks to Edi Stark about the catastrophic repercussions of writing The Satanic Verses and how indebted he is to the late Scottish MP Robin Cook who, as foreign secretary, helped immeasurably to end his days in hiding. In this revealing interview, he reflects on his childhood in Bombay, choosing to come to boarding school in England, love, marriages and fatherhood and why he now lives in America.