Another of his characters murders Sisodia and Allie Cone.
One of this author's characters transforms gold into smoke, water into fabric, and multiplies fishes as passengers board a pirate ship. Another person created by this author saves himself from an emperor's elephant by claiming descent from Nina Argalia and "Lady Black Eyes." He created the writer of "assassination poems," a guy who served the Grandee of Jahilia, (*) Baal. A dream sequence described by this author features Ayesha leading a group of men into the Arabian Sea, where they drown. Another of his characters murders Sisodia and Allie Cone. This author of The Enchantress of Florence wrote about a man who dreams about Mahound after falling out of an exploding airplane with Saladin Chamcha. For 10 points, name this author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children.
One of this author's characters transforms gold into smoke, water into fabric, and multiplies fishes as passengers board a pirate ship.
Salman Rushdie