Salman Rushdie's 1981 novel 'Midnight's Children' has been named as the winner of the 'Best of the Booker' contest.
Rushdie's novel was amongst a shortlist of six previous Booker winners selected by a panel of judges made up of the biographer, novelist and critic Victoria Glendinning, writer and broadcaster Mariella Frostrup, and John Mullan, professor of English at University College, London.
The decision then went to a public poll, with 'Midnight's Children' taking 36% of the overall vote. The book had previously won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was later chosen as the Booker of Bookers in 1993 - the only other time a celebratory prize has been awarded
On Rusdie's win judging panel chair Victoria Glendinning said: "The readers have spoken - in their thousands. And we do believe that they have made the right choice."
