Midnight's Children

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#150

4.22 (9 reviews)

Pages: 647
Genres: Historical Fiction India Magical Realism
Award(s): Man Booker Prize (1981)

Winner of the Booker of Bookers Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India’s independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this coincidence. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of national affairs; his health...

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Trappalapp

Mar 14th, 2024

Portia

Jun 18th, 2020

forline

Jan 4th, 2018

I was captivated and carried away with this wonderful, amazingly brilliant fantasy....loved it especially because I've studied and read a great deal about India and the events around midnight August 15, 1947. Wonderful. Much better than Satanic Verses.

Dec 17th, 2017

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May 29th, 2014

Overall I really liked this book. It is split into 3 inner books, the first I found good, the second very good, but the third dragged a little, although sped up towards the end. The story is very well written and as previously mentioned, very absorbing and insightful. Well worth a read.