Midnight's Children

Totally different to anything I'd read before: hilarious at times, frustrating at times, exploring how history is linked into our lives, plus lots of metaphors about chutney

Issy Patience, Skinny

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

The extraordinary alchemy of Midnight’s Children was its miraculous fusion of the fantastical and the historical.

Jereme Boyd Maunsell, Evening Standard

A wonderful, rich and humane novel that is safe to call a classic.

Sam Jordison, Guardian

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

A head-spinning tale... Rushdie's masterpiece virtually invented a new language for Anglo-Indian literature

John Walsh, Reader's Digest

Midnight's Children is also full of such zest for every messy aspect of life that you can't help but feel inspired

Guardian

Fresh and witty

Neema Shah, Eastern Eye