LONDON, July 10 (UPI) -- Indian author Salman Rushdie's novel "Midnight's Children" has beaten five other former Booker prize winners shortlisted for the Best of the Booker prize.
"Marvelous news -- I'm absolutely delighted and would like to thank all those readers around the world who voted for 'Midnight's Children,'" the BBC quoted the author as saying in a prerecorded message. Rushdie was on a book tour and couldn't attend the London ceremony.