Midnight's Children Condition:Well Read into the flowerbed (in his

into the flowerbed (in his slippers) and makes his getaway

In this vivid

Modern love is never easy

vampires and werewolves - Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark

At its core

Midnight's Children Condition:Well Read into the flowerbed (in hisSaleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of Indias independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this coincidence. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of national affairs; his health and well being are inextricably bound to those of his nation; his life is inseparable, at