For ten points, name this novel by Salman Rushdie about Saleem Sinai who was born at the title hour of Indian independence.
One section of this work is named after a Walter Raleigh painting of a pointing fisherman. Early in this novel, the narrator describes how his grandfather met his grandmother on the day World War I ended. In another scene, the narrator is punished for dancing with the most beautiful girl in the school by having the tip of his finger cut off by bullies. The narrator loses his memory when he is 'purified' by a silver (*) spittoon, and near the end of his life he complains that Dr. Balliga dismissed his fear that his body is developing cracks. The narrator's punishment for seeing his mother use the toilet is prohibition from speaking for one day, at which point he realizes his is telepathic. For ten points, name this novel by Salman Rushdie about Saleem Sinai who was born at the title hour of Indian independence.
One section of this work is named after a Walter Raleigh painting of a pointing fisherman.
{Midnight's Children}