‘At the stroke of the midnight hour, while the world sleeps, India awakens to life and freedom…’

It’s Week 3 of 13 of our slow read of Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie.

This week’s post features many-headed monsters, blue Jesus and Shirley Temple. It only took 160 pages, but our protagonist has finally reached his birth, and the birth of independent India. And everything is tickety-boo.

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