Midnights Children

Rushdie, Salman

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This is a many-layered narrative in which the complexities of the Indian sub-continent are projected through the minds of many characters. Comic, tragic and fantastic by turns, this is the novel which revolutionised English fiction.

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Publish Date: 01/05/2008

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*WINNER OF THE BOOKER AND BEST OF THE BOOKER PRIZE*

**A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK**

‘A wonderful, rich and humane novel… a classic’ Guardian

Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India’s independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other ‘midnight’s children’ all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem’s story is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious.

WITH A NEW 40TH ANNIVERSARY INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

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Weight 484 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 33 mm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

647

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.92 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K