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 and well-being are
inextricably bound to those of his nation; his life is inseparable, at times
indistinguishable, from the history of his country. Perhaps most remarkable are
the telepathic powers linking him with India's 1,000 other "midnight's
children," all born in that initial