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This is the story of a boy whose life is intimately mixed with the birth of India to the days of emergency in 1971. All the twists and turns in his life are in the backdrop of some national event which are both tragic and triumphant. This is the story of India told through the midnight's child.
It was my first Salman Rushdie novel and I must say he has got the gift of story telling. The narrative, at times, is confusing and misleading (that's India I believe) but it is so engrossing that the book ...more
It was my first Salman Rushdie novel and I must say he has got the gift of story telling. The narrative, at times, is confusing and misleading (that's India I believe) but it is so engrossing that the book ...more
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