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This week, we present two outstanding interviews that have never before been broadcast.  SEDGE THOMSON with:

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SALMAN RUSHDIE

the British Indian novelist who combines magical realism with historical fiction, much of it dealing with relationships between East and West. His novels include Midnight's Children, winner of the Booker Prize in 1981, The Satanic Verses, center of a major controversy, and The Moor's Last Sigh, published before this interview from January 20, 1996.

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PAUL THEROUX

the travel writer and novelist known for such works as The Great Railway Bazaar, The Mosquito Coast, and The Tao of Travel, which was published before this interview at Mrs Dalloway's bookstore in Berkeley on May 16, 2011.