is Salman Rushdie's first, and to date only full length work of non-fiction (if we exclude his essay length pamphlet on
The Wizard of Oz). It was written shortly after Rushdie, taking a break from the composition of
The Satanic Verses, visited Nicaragua as a guest of the Sandinista Association of Cultural Workers (ASTC) - “the umbrella organisation that brought writers, artists, musicians, craftspeople, dancers and so on, together under the same roof” (
The Jaguar Smile, 2nd ed., 4). The occasion of his visit, Rushdie tells us, was the seventh anniversary of the “triumph” of the
Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional(Sandinista National Liberation Front) - when the Somoza dictatorship collapsed and the Sandinistas took power (later receiving a 63% public…
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Citation: Teverson, Andrew. "The Jaguar Smile". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 October 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=16596, accessed 22 November 2024.]
