text: In this novel, the protagonist compares his mother's buttocks to a "black mango."
full_question: In this novel, the protagonist compares his mother's buttocks to a "black mango." Another character in this novel is convinced by Joseph D’Costa’s ghost to confess to a crime she committed on the Methwold Estate. In this novel, the protagonist is switched at birth with(*) Shiva-of- the-Knees, and his moment of birth lines up with the partition of India, which gives him special telepathic powers. For 10 points, name this novel about Saleem Sinai, written by Salman Rushdie.
first_sentence: In this novel, the protagonist compares his mother's buttocks to a "black mango."