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