Salman Rushdie: Knife - Meditations After an Attempted Murder, Vintage/ Jonathan Cape, 9781787334793, hardback

When the Fatwa was proclaimed over  Salman Rushdie for his "Satanic Verses", I was working at Penguin, witnessing this horrible, dangerous, unprecendented situation.  I was absolutely shocked  when an assassin  knifed him down years later on  August 11, 2022 during a speech engagement.

 "Knife" is Rushdie's account of this attack, the aftermath, his miraculous survival of 15 stab wounds, losing one eye permanently, his struggle through rehab and doubt whether he would ever regain his normal life.  It is a deeply personal, honest account of this traumatic event, brilliantly written, a testament to resilience , his mental and physical recovery aided by the love of his wife Eliza,  his children,  family and friends. I am so glad he made it and lived to write this fabulous book, one of the best I have read recently.