Salman Rushdie published a novel in the United States.
Salman Rushdie . His second novel , Midnight 's Children ( 1981 ) , won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be `` the best novel of all winners '' on two separate occasions , marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize . His epic fourth novel , The Satanic Verses ( 1988 ) , was the subject of a major controversy , provoking protests from Muslims in several countries . In 2012 , he published Joseph Anton : A Memoir , an account of his life in the wake of the controversy over The Satanic Verses . The Satanic Verses controversy , also known as the Rushdie Affair , was the heated and frequently violent reaction of Muslims to the publication of Salman Rushdie 's novel The Satanic Verses , which was first published in the United Kingdom in 1988 .