'Midnight's Children' named 'best of the Booker'21 July, 2008Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (Vintage) has been named the winner of a public poll to determine the ‘Best of the Booker'.
Rushdie named Best of the Booker11 July, 2008Salman Rushdie was today (10 July) named winner of the Best of the Booker award for Midnight’s Children.
Rushdie receives knighthood3 July, 2008Salman Rushdie, whose novel
The Satanic Verses famously resulted in a fatwa being placed on the author, has been knighted for his services to literature.