1981 Midnight's Children

Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, With Dustwrapper

The first edition, first impression of this work.

Signed by the author to the title page.

In the original  unclipped dustwrapper.

This edition was printed from U.S. sheets due to a printers strike in the U.K., so this book has a rough-cut fore edge.

Winner of the 1981 Man Booker Prize.

'Midnight's Children' is a novel dealing with India's transition to independence from British colonisation. The story is told from the point of view of Saleem Sinai, and is in the context of real historical events. The novel combines magical realism with historical fiction.

Written by Salman Rushdie, who is arguably best known for this novel. His other best known work is the controversial 'The Satanic Verses'.