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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Sarah Shaffi

Salman Rushdie will not promote new novel after attack

Salman Rushdie.
‘Recovery is progressing’ … Salman Rushdie. Photograph: Scanpix Denmark/Reuters

Salman Rushdie’s recovery is progressing after the attack on him five months ago, but he will not be promoting his new novel, his agent has confirmed.

Rushdie wrote Victory City before was attacked at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state, leaving him with the loss of sight in one eye and without the use of one hand. It will be his first book to have been published since then.

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