Midnight's Children's narrator-protagonist Saleem Sinai leads a cast of characters who are among the most quirky and unforgettable created by a novelist in recent times. Saleem's most prominent physical characteristic is his ugly, oversized nose. He is gifted with telepathic powers but loses them when he undergoes a sinus operation. However, the operation results in heightening his olfactory abilities, which leads to his employment as a tracker. But somehow things are always happening to Saleem, and his physical and social condition steadily deteriorates. In the course of the novel, he loses a tuf t of hair, a part of his finger, and his sexual potency. His veracity as a narrator is suspect because his memory is fallible and his vision, especially toward the end, is apt to become fragmented.
Moody, apologetic, and solemn at times,.....
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