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Episode 3

Salman Rushdie describes eventful days at Cambridge before the jump into his first job in advertising.

Five extracts from the autobiography of Salman Rushdie.

At Cambridge his eyes are opened. There are interesting people all around him.
Then he decamps to London to embrace all that is cool and groovy in the 60's,
and after that, the life of the ad-man calls. But only briefly..

Reader Zubin Varla

Producer Duncan Minshull.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 20 Sep 2012 00:30

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  • Wed 19 Sep 2012 09:45
  • Thu 20 Sep 2012 00:30

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