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| | 1. |  | A House for Mr. Biswas
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There's hardly a likeable character in A House For Mr Biswas. The Tulsis and their endless chain of extended relatives, the Ajodhas, employees of The Sentinel, Bhandat, the solicitor's clerk who sells Mr Biswas his final house, Mr Biswas himself--they carry more the ugly side of humanity than the... more info
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| | 2. | [no image] | A Bend in the River
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This is an excellent book. It describes what life on the ground was like in post independence Congo specifically taking place in Kinsangani=Stanleyville=Settlement at The Bend in the River.
A Indian trader from probably Tangyanika (East Coast of Africa) makes his way there probably about 1963... more info
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| | 3. |  | The Enigma of Arrival: A Novel
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A semi autobiographical work of the authors time in Salisbury;his walks in the valley to view Stonehenge;the slowly evolving change in the region and the people he encounters there.
Very little 'action' occurs, yet the narrative is so rich that Naipaul gets you to know inside out each... more info
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| | 5. |  | Half a Life: A Novel
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This novel is V.S. Naipaul's profound meditation on a vital aspect of man's life: his sexuality. `We are all born with sexual impulses.' Nevertheless, `nobody talked about sex and seduction at home, but I discover now that it is the fundamental skill all men should be trained in.'
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| | 6. |  | India a Wounded Civilization
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Could it be that Mr Naipaul who got a scholarship to do BA in English from Oxford always writes to please a country which has given him shelter, hope and recognition. We can only speculate on that. After all Mr Naipaul is not a technologist, scientist or Engineer who was badly needed by the country... more info
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| | 9. |  | The Mystic Masseur
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The Mystic Masseur was Naipaul's first novel. And indeed it looks so. One could not think of so great a writer to begin so humbly. This is not a novel with a grant theme, or an aim or mission. Yet it is not like the modern novels which take their main aim to be aimless.
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| | 10. |  | The Mimic Men: A Novel
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I am a confirmed Naipaul fan, but I was not overly impressed with the "Mimic Men". There seems to be 3 separate themes here that are better expressed in other novels by Naipaul. All three themes are lightly treated, disjointed, and lack cohesion. The first topic is his uncanny ability to dissect an... more info
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