Peter Mayer, Publisher of the Incendiary ‘Satanic Verses,’ Dies at 82 – The New York Times

As head of the Penguin Group, he weathered threats over the Salman Rushdie novel. Later, with his father, he had success publishing out-of-print books.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/obituaries/peter-mayer-publisher-of-the-incendiary-satanic-verses-dies-at-82.html