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Imprint: Vintage Classics
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Published: 01/05/2008
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ISBN: 9780099511892
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Length: 688 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 35mm x 129mm
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Weight: 495g
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RRP: £9.99
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
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Imprint: Vintage Classics
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Published: 01/05/2008
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ISBN: 9780099511892
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Length: 688 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 35mm x 129mm
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Weight: 495g
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RRP: £9.99
Reviews
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"A magical-realist reflection of the issues India faced post-independence including culture, language, religion, and politics… It’s a truly incredible work."
Jack Rear, Verdict
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"The extraordinary alchemy of Midnight’s Children was its miraculous fusion of the fantastical and the historical."
Jereme Boyd Maunsell, Evening Standard
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"A wonderful, rich and humane novel that is safe to call a classic."
Sam Jordison, Guardian
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"Rushdie’s novel took a post-colonial “empire fights back” spirit, and a deep personal understanding of the politics of Indian partition, and exploded them into something teeming with imaginative life… He inhabits a hybrid consciousness, with a telepathic connection to the other children of midnight, and tells its stories for all he is worth."
Tim Adams, Observer
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"One of the most important books to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation"
The New York Review of Books
