BOOKS by V.S. Naipaul

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1	House for Mr. Biswas more books like this by V. S. Naipaul Naipaul follows the fortunes of Mr Biswas, t he outsider who refuses to conform to the customs of his gra nder in-laws whose house he lives in. Finally finding a hous e of his own, he triumphs over the smaller minds who would r epress him. ' see all copies from £1.36! new only from £7.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Bend in the River more books like this by V S Naipaul This is a first-person narration of trader and store-keeper Salim, a Muslim from the east coast of Africa, whose family, of Indian origin, had been settled there for centuries. The author also wrote "A House for Mr Biswas", "The Mimic Men" and "The Suffrage of Elivira". see all copies from £1.51! new only from £6.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Miguel Street more books like this by V S Naipaul "Life in Trinidad as described by Mr. Naipaul through the eyes of a "street arab" in "Miguel Street" is enchanting, mysterious, varied and richly comic. His happy-go lucky community, in what to the stranger's eye would be a slum, abounds in eccentric characters: indeed everyone is eccentric, and tolerant of other eccentrics." - The ScotsmanLife in ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £7.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Half a Life more books like this by V S Naipaul In a corner of India untouched by anti-colonial agitation, Willy Chandran's father stood at odds with the world - aspiring to greatness whilst living out the dreary life marked out for him by his ancestors. In an attempt to defy his past, he marries a low-caste woman only to find himself at the mercy of his own fury. From this unhappy union the ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £3.06! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Area of Darkness more books like this by V S Naipaul This text is a semi-autobiographical account of a year V.S. Naipaul spent in India. From his arrival in prohibition-dry Bombay, bearing whisky and cheap brandy, to his departure, Naipaul came to recognize a cultural estrangement from India. It became to him a land of myths, an area of darkness. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.20! \| first editions
6	Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey more books like this by V S Naipaul This account of his travels to four countries of the Islamic world, by a writer who was born in Trinidad and lives in England, is definitely an outsider's view, and aroused immediate controversy upon its publication. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £8.16! \| first editions
7	Enigma of Arrival more books like this by V S Naipaul An elliptical, lyrical, vividly descriptive autobiographical account of what it's like for an Indian writer from Trinidad to settle in the rural west of England. When Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001, the judges commented that THE ENIGMA OF ARRIVAL provides an "unrelenting image of the placid collapse of the old colonial ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £8.46! \| first editions
8	Mystic Masseur more books like this by V S Naipaul V. S. Naipaul's first novel - funny, endlessly inventive and brilliantly imagined The Mystic Masseur traces the story of Ganesh who, at the beginning of the novel is a struggling masseur when, as the narrator puts it, 'masseurs were ten a penny in Trinidad'. From failed primary school teacher and masseur to author, revered mystic and MBE, his is a ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.83! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Turn in the South more books like this by V S Naipaul Travelling from Atlanta to Charleston, from Tallahassee to Tuskegee, from Jackson to Nashville and Chapel Hill, Naipaul covers the South of the US and finds a culture which he describes as consisting of order, faith, music and melancholy, both defined and burdened by a desperate past. see all copies from £1.51! new only from £2.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	In a Free State more books like this by V S Naipaul "In a Free State" deals in displacement. It tells first of an Indian servant in Washington, then of an Asian West Indian in London who is in jail for murder. Then the story moves to Africa, to a fictional country something like Uganda or Rwanda. The two main characters are English. They once found Africa liberating, but now it has gone sour on ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.20! \| first editions
11 view cover	A Way in the World more books like this by V S Naipaul This broad-ranging, episodic, nearly epic novel of the New World, its heroes, antiheroes, and villains, is told from a semi-autobiographical perspective. A WAY IN THE WORLD is V.S. Naipaul 's 22nd book. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.68! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Mimic Men more books like this by V S Naipaul Just 40, Ralph Singh - a disgraced colonial minister exiled from Isabella, the Caribbean island of his birth - writes his autobiography in a genteel hotel in a run-down London suburb. The author also wrote "The Mystic Masseur", "A House for Mr Biswas" and "The Middle Passage". see all copies from £3.03! new only from £6.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples more books like this by V S Naipaul This is a book about one of the more important and unsettling issues of our time. But it is not a book of opinion. It is - in the Naipaul way - a very rich and human book, full of people and stories. Islam is an Arab religion, and it makes imperial Arabizing demands on its converts. In this way it is more than a private faith; and it can become a ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.98! \| first editions
14 view cover	Guerrillas more books like this by V. S. Naipaul A portrait of political and sexual violence in the Caribbean, ending with a sado-masochistic murder. The author also wrote "A House for Mr Biswas", "The Suffrage of Elvira", "The Mimic Men" and "Mr Stone and the Knights Companion". see all copies from £1.36! new only from £8.83! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Writer and the World: Essays more books like this by V S Naipaul, Pankaj Mishra (Introduction by) This collection of 40 years of V. S. Naipaul's writing encompasses his observations on topics ranging from Muslims in India to a local election in New York City. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.18! \| first editions
16 view cover	India: A Wounded Civilization more books like this by V S Naipaul In 1964 the author Naipaul wrote "An Area of Darkness", his semi-autobiographical account of a year in India. Two visits later he came to write "India: A Wounded Civilization" in which he recapitulates the feelings that the vast, mysterious and agonized continent aroused in him. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £8.89! \| first editions
17	Bend in River V314 more books like this by V S Naipaul Based on Idi Amin's Uganda, Naipaul's novel is about an outsider, a Muslim Indian merchant named Salim, whose store in a small town on the Congo is threatened and finally lost in the chaos of the prevailing political regime. Gradually, not only the store but the town itself succumbs to the corruption. see all copies from £5.46! first editions
18	India: 2a Million Mutinies Now more books like this by V S Naipaul Naipaul's third book to deal with India is an optimistic look at the state of the country in the late 1980s. Returning after many years away to view India's economic and social achievements, Naipaul finds a new spirit of freedom and pride, even among the poor--whose situation, he emphasizes, is still desperate. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £10.90! \| first editions
19 view cover	India: A Million Mutinies Now more books like this by V S Naipaul In this book, V.S.Naipaul returns to the country which continues to intrigue and inspire him and about which he wrote "An Area of Darkness" in 1964, a semi-autobiographical account of a year spent in India. Now, twenty-five years later, he goes back to that country, returning to the places he visited years ago and talking to people of all types ... see all copies from £2.06! signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	The Middle Passage more books like this by V S Naipaul Naipaul describes the effects of British, French, and Dutch colonialism on the history and culture of the Caribbean. Naipaul based his observations on a seven-month tour of the area, a grant from the government in Trinidad. see all copies from £5.03! new only from £10.05! \| first editions
21 view cover	India more books like this by V S Naipaul V.S. Naipaul's fascinating account of his journey around India approaches this shifting, changing land from a variety of perspectives. Through interviews with people from many different walks of life, he builds an oral history of a country constantly on the move. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.98! \| first editions
22 view cover	Suffrage of Elvira more books like this by V S Naipaul This comedy of manners in set in Trinidad and is written by the author of "The Mystic Masseur", "The Middle Passage", "The Return of Eva Perron", "Mr Stone and the Knights Companion" and "A House for Mr Biswas". see all copies from £1.77! signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Magic Seeds more books like this by V S Naipaul Willy Chandra - whom we first met in Half a Life - is a man who has allowed one identity after another to be thrust upon him. Now, in his early 40s, after a peripatetic life, he succumbs to the demanding encouragement of his sister - and his own listlessness - and joins an underground movement in India ostensibly devoted to unfettering the lower ... see all copies from £2.01! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
24	Hse for Mr. Bis Was more books like this by V S Naipaul Continually faced with homelessness and manipulated by people in power, Mr. Biswas becomes obsessed with the idea of having his own house. Twice, he attempts to build, but the schemes fail. He finds a good job but loses it. Finally, he borrows money and, on impulse, buys a house that is shabby and defective--if not downright dangerous--but is at ... see all copies from £6.07! new only from £6.49! \| first editions
25 view cover	Literary Occasions: Essays more books like this by V. S. Naipaul In this collection, Naipaul includes pieces pertinent to his early days in Trinidad and to his writing, among them his Nobel lecture from 2001, the foreword to A HOUSE FOR MR. BISWAS, and a lengthy, 20-year-old autobiographical essay. see all copies from £4.03! new only from £7.11! \| first editions

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