A dream sequence of a character in love with Allie Cone led to a fatwa being called against this author.
Short stories by this author include "The Free Radio," in which Ramani receives the title object for submitting to a vasectomy, and another in which Christopher Columbus makes love with Queen Isabella. This author of the collection East, West wrote of three sisters who live in the village of Q along with the Harappa and Hyder families. A dream sequence of a character in love with Allie Cone led to a fatwa being called against this author. For 10 points, name this author of Shame and a novel in which a plane carrying Saladin Chamcha and Gibreel Farishta explodes over the English Channel, The Satanic Verses.
Short stories by this author include "The Free Radio," in which Ramani receives the title object for submitting to a vasectomy, and another in which Christopher Columbus makes love with Queen Isabella.
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie