Patriot Games | Literary Precedents
Terrorism is such a fact of modern life that it figures in numerous novels about international relations; its tendency to victimize people who have no idea of what is going on makes it particularly useful as a symbol of the chaotic nature of modern societies, especially modern technology. Salmon Rushdie uses it to trigger the plot of The Satanic Verses (1988; see separate entry); protagonists Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha meet when their Air-India airliner is hijacked and blown up by Sikh terrorists. Author Rushdie himself became an example of victims of terrorism when the...
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