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Midnight's Children

By Salman Rushdie

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780099529781

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Born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1974, at the precise moment of India's independence, the infant Saleem Sinai is celebrated in the press and welcomed by Prime Minister Nehru himself. But this coincidence of birth has consequences Saleem is not prepared for: telepathic powers that connectContinue

Born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1974, at the precise moment of India's independence, the infant Saleem Sinai is celebrated in the press and welcomed by Prime Minister Nehru himself. But this coincidence of birth has consequences Saleem is not prepared for: telepathic powers that connect him with 1,000 other "midnight's children" - all born in the initial hour of India's independence - and un uncanny sense of smell that allows him to sniff out dangers other cannot perceive. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's biography is a whirlwind of distasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious.

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    The Booker of Booker Prize winners. Best novel in 25 years.

    Midnight's Children is Rushdie at his finest. The book is surrealist fiction that deals with the history of India from 1910 to the declaration of the emergency in 1976 through the eyes (and nose) of Saleem Sinai, born on the stroke o ... (continue)

    The Booker of Booker Prize winners. Best novel in 25 years.

    Midnight's Children is Rushdie at his finest. The book is surrealist fiction that deals with the history of India from 1910 to the declaration of the emergency in 1976 through the eyes (and nose) of Saleem Sinai, born on the stroke of Midnight August 15, 1947. Midnight's Children, like most of Rushdie's writing, does have political overtones, yet the fog of larger events is never permitted to detract from the more personal experiences of all the multi-faceted characters in the novel.

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