Success after Rushdie's first to break through for UK publisher (6)

I believe the answer is:

virago

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(Other definitions for virago that I've seen before include "Manlike woman?" , "Amazon" , "noisy woman" , "[MAENAD]" , "Shrew - ill-tempered woman" .)

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