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        Midnight's Children


        setting

        Bombay, India

        time

        1916-1980

        language

        English

        region

        Asia-pacific

        year published

        1980

        page count

        582

        difficulty

        Difficult

        main characters

        Salim, Patna, Azzum family, Mary Perreira

        Rip's impressions

        Like Proust––need to keep trying until you catch the flow and rhythm (very funny at times).

        first line

        I was born in the city of Bombay . . . once upon a time. No, that won't do, there's no getting away from the date: I was born in Doctor Narlikar's Nursing Home on August 15th, 1947.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)