{"product_id":"2940169128734","title":"Midnight's Children: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation (Abridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikesh Patel stars as Saleem in BBC Radio 4's epic dramatisation of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning novel of love, history and magic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaleem Sinai is born on the stroke of midnight on 14th-15th August 1947, at the exact moment that India and Pakistan become separate, independent nations. From that moment on, his fate is mysteriously handcuffed to the history of his country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Saleem's story starts almost thirty years earlier, when his grandfather, Dr Aadam Aziz, falls in love with a woman concealed behind a perforated sheet. That pivotal moment in Kashmir in 1919 sparks a series of bizarre events that will lead to a cryptic prophecy and the birth of a boy with an extraordinary destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a 'Midnight's Child', Saleem has magical powers, and can telepathically tune in to all the other gifted children whose birth coincided with India's division. However, his strange entanglement with the fate of India will have dramatic repercussions for both him and his country...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdapted by Ayeesha Menon, this dazzling dramatisation of Rushdie's many-layered, magical realist masterpiece is both an enthralling family saga and a riveting history of post-colonialism. First broadcast to mark the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India, it features \u003cb\u003eNikesh Patel \u003c\/b\u003eas Saleem, with a star cast including \u003cb\u003eAbhin Galeya, Meera Syal, Anneika Rose\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eNarinder Samra\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso included is an interview with Salman Rushdie, in which the author talks to radio drama director Emma Harding about his multi-award winning novel. They discuss the initial impetus for the book and the mirroring of his own life as a child born 70 years ago in 1947, the year of India's Partition. Rushdie also speaks about the break-through moment of finding Saleem's voice, his attempt to represent the multiplicity of India in a single novel, and his pessimism about the direction of travel of India and Pakistan today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114125869296,"sku":"2940169128734","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169128734_p0.jpg?v=1763673448","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169128734","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}