I have had many more close women friends than men, and I've always assumed that comes from the fact that in my family there was such a disproportionate female element.
Salman RushdieAt the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.
Salman RushdieThe west was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.
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