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Praise for Knife

It is an absolutely stunning piece of writing: the ugliest thing turned into the most beautiful. No words of mine can do it justice. But I do have to say that it’s such a profound love story, too.

Nigella Lawson

Salman Rushdie’s memoir is horrific, upsetting – and a masterpiece… Knife is a tour-de-force, in which the great novelist takes his brutal near-murder and spins it into a majestic essay on art, ...

Erica Wagner, Daily Telegraph

Knife is a rich, immersive, feisty account of [Rushdie's] journey through darkness back to the light. Part thriller, part love story, part celebration of literature, it’s an incandescent book full of hair- ...

Johanna Thomas Corr, The Times

It is an absolutely stunning piece of writing: the ugliest thing turned into the most beautiful. No words of mine can do it justice. But I do have to say that it’s such a profound love story, too.

Nigella Lawson

Salman Rushdie’s memoir is horrific, upsetting – and a masterpiece… Knife is a tour-de-force, in which the great novelist takes his brutal near-murder and spins it into a majestic essay on art, ...

Erica Wagner, Daily Telegraph

Knife is a rich, immersive, feisty account of [Rushdie's] journey through darkness back to the light. Part thriller, part love story, part celebration of literature, it’s an incandescent book full of hair- ...

Johanna Thomas Corr, The Times

It is an absolutely stunning piece of writing: the ugliest thing turned into the most beautiful. No words of mine can do it justice. But I do have to say that it’s such a profound love story, too.

Nigella Lawson

Salman Rushdie’s memoir is horrific, upsetting – and a masterpiece… Knife is a tour-de-force, in which the great novelist takes his brutal near-murder and spins it into a majestic essay on art, ...

Erica Wagner, Daily Telegraph

Knife is a rich, immersive, feisty account of [Rushdie's] journey through darkness back to the light. Part thriller, part love story, part celebration of literature, it’s an incandescent book full of hair- ...

Johanna Thomas Corr, The Times

Books by Salman Rushdie

Series by Salman Rushdie

Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics

Articles featuring Salman Rushdie

The Penguin books that shocked society

The Penguin books that shocked society

To celebrate of Penguin’s 90th birthday, we share the stories behind the books that pushed boundaries and sparked controversy, with help from Simon Prosser, Publishing Director for Penguin imprint Hamish Hamilton.