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'Pussies and wimps': why Salman Rushdie plea for free speech rings hollow

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imageThat's no way to have a debate.Helmut Fohringer

The PEN literary gala has been overshadowed by controversy. Its decision to honour Charlie Hebdo with an award for freedom of expression courage has provoked several authors – Peter Carey, Teju Cole, Rachel Kushner, Michael Ondaatje, Francine Prose, and Taiye Selasi – to withdraw from the...

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