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Product ID:	9780099511892
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Midnight's Children
Authors:	Author: Salman Rushdie
Page Count:	672
Subjects:	Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), India, 20th century
Description:	Select Guide Rating WITH A NEW 40TH ANNIVERSARY INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. ''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. *WINNER OF THE BOOKER AND BEST OF THE BOOKER PRIZE* A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK WITH A NEW 40TH ANNIVERSARY INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR
Imprint Name:	Vintage Classics
Publisher Name:	Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2008-05-01

Weight	486 g
Dimensions	196 × 130 × 35 mm