This book, published in 1988, was banned in Bangladesh, India, Singapore and Iran for blasphemous references and its author Salman Rushdie was condemned to death by former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
- Midnights Children
- The Satanic Verses
- Shame
- East, West
Answer
The correct answer is B) The Satanic Verses.
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