The even-numbered chapters represent a dream that culminates in Ayesha leading a group of pilgrims through supposedly parted waters, in which they all drown.
An evil figure in this novel hides in a brothel whose twelve prostitutes are all executed. A delightful character in this novel declares that "religious fafaith" no longer "encodes the highest ass ass aspirations of human race." That character is shot by one protagonist, who is inspired by the suicide of his former mistress Rekha Merchant to throw his mountain-climbing wife from a high-rise. Several characters in this novel erect wax effigies of Margaret Thatcher, who is represented by the women Pamela Lovelace and (*) Allelula Cone. The even-numbered chapters represent a dream that culminates in Ayesha leading a group of pilgrims through supposedly parted waters, in which they all drown. This novel opens an explosion on an Air India flight containing Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha. For 10 points, identify this novel that brought a fatwa upon its author, Salman Rushdie.
An evil figure in this novel hides in a brothel whose twelve prostitutes are all executed.
The {Satanic Verses}