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First published 2024

Knife

Meditations After an Attempted Murder

by Salman Rushdie

NBA Nonfiction 2024 · Finalist

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National Book Award for Nonfiction 2024 Finalist

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The New Yorker, the Best Books of 2024 No. 14

ISBN 9781529921168 · 9780593730256 · 9780593913659

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