Salman Rushdie condemns 'absurd censorship' of rewritten Roald Dahl books

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2018 filepic of Salman Rushdie. Rushdie and other critics have rejected the notion that Roald Dahl's children's books needed to be rewritten for a modern audience. – Photo: AFP

Critics have rejected the notion that Roald Dahl's children's books needed to be rewritten for a modern audience.

Author Salman Rushdie claimed that edits to Dahl's books are "absurd censorship" while others said the publishers should be ashamed.

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