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Midnight's Children

by Salman Rushdie

Summary

Saleem Sinai, born at the stroke of Indian independence in 1947, discovers he is telepathically linked to the 1,000 other children born in that hour. Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning novel — later awarded the "Booker of Bookers" — is a magical-realist history of postcolonial India.

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Salman Rushdie

British-Indian novelist (born 1947) and Booker Prize winner known for his use of magical realism and allegorical style. His fourth novel prompted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa calling for his death in 1989.

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Published
1981
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Salman Rushdie