PHOTO: Rushdie in Jamaica
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May 30, 2014

PHOTO: Rushdie in Jamaica

Controversial author Sir Salman Rushdie checks his messages and e-mails at Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth yesterday as he prepares for his participation today at the Calabash International Literary Festival. (PHOTO: COLLIN REID)

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