Controversial Indian born author Salman Rushdie claims to have set a new record by signing 1000 books in 57 minutes during a recent promotion tour.
In a letter to ‘The Guardian’,Rushdie siad he has broken wine writer malcolm Gluck’s record for book signings.Gluck claimed his record to be 1001 copies in 59 minutes,set at a Wine Warehouse in London in 1988.Gluck raised a controversy over this,doubting whether Rushdie just scribbled his initails.Rushdie answered positively and added that the fastest present day signers of books are Jimmy Carter,Amy Tan and himself.
Rushdie was on a tour in US to promote his latest book-"The Enchantress of Florence".
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