A brother from another father

As I was finishing "Midnight's Children", I read somewhere that it's based on "The Tin Drum", so I quickly got hold of "The Tin Drum" and moved straight from one to the other. Conclusions so far: one - if you can help it, it's good to take a little breather between two lengthy books that are based on each-other. Two - George Guidall is beginning to fill the vacant role of a beloved uncle in my life. Three - while Saleem Sinai was an adorable and sensitive child that I would gladly adopt, little Oscar would have drummed all the way to an orphanage at the first broken light bulb if I had been his mother.

I take a minute to amuse myself with photos of the two authors and read on...