Midnight's Children

A novel by Salman Rushdie

For me, Midnight's Children is one of the most fictional as well as historical books I've read. I am scared to write more because I have so much love for this book. While Rushdie seems almost recklessly inventive in some areas, the novel is organized and orchestrated with great detail. I've heard people call Rushdie the world's greatest living author. This may be true. As for this book, it is like this:

The book gets it's title from following the lives of children born on New Year's Eve 1947, when India received her independence. By the end of the novel, you'll have a much better understanding of India and her history. It's this history that stabilizes the novel enough to give Rushdie such a free hand to invent. He spins themes of witchcraft and populist tides along with the story of a child growing into a middle aged man. It's wonderfully realistic.