For 10 points, name this novel about superpowered characters, like Shiva-of-the-knees and Saleem Sinai, who were born on the date of India's independence, by Salman Rushdie.
One character in this work is obsessed with finding an antivenom to the Bungarus, and eventually discovers medicine from diluted cobra venom which saves the narrator from an illness; the narrator later meets that professor, Dr. Schaapsteker. One character in this work makes a misguided attempt to impress her radical lover, Joseph D'Costa, and is later convinced by Joseph's ghost to confess her crime. A key event in this novel occurs when the narrator sees his (*) mother on the toilet and is silenced for a day. The woman who swaps two central characters at birth, Mary Pereira, becomes a caretaker for the narrator who realizes that his huge nose allows him to hear people's thoughts. For 10 points, name this novel about superpowered characters, like Shiva-of-the-knees and Saleem Sinai, who were born on the date of India's independence, by Salman Rushdie.
One character in this work is obsessed with finding an antivenom to the Bungarus, and eventually discovers medicine from diluted cobra venom which saves the narrator from an illness; the narrator later meets that professor, Dr. Schaapsteker.
Midnight's Children