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Which novel by Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize?

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Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize in 1981 for Midnight’s Children. The novel is a fable about modern India that became an unexpected critical and popular success and won him international recognition. Midnight’s Children also won the Booker of Bookers in 1993 and the Best of the Booker in 2008, special prizes that were voted on by the public in honor of the prize’s 25th and 40th anniversaries, respectively.