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| | 1. |  | A Bend in the River
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The first half is engaging, optimistic and full of potential. The second half is a slog, loses it's optimism and, takes too many side journeys that add nothing to the overall story.
Overall this leaves a rather pessimistic view of Africa.
Naipaul maintains location anonymity, giving a... more info
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| | 2. |  | Miguel Street
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If you enjoy Alexander McCall Smith's characters, you will certainly enjoy this book. Each person comes alive in his own special way and I read more and more slowly to make the book last just a little bit longer.
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| | 3. |  | A House for Mr. Biswas
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I never understood why it says this is a `comic' masterpiece on the cover. It's true that A House for Mr Biswas is often funny and always biting, but as a novel this is tragic and grindingly dark stuff. Even the happy ending (given away at the beginning of the book; I'm not spoiling anything for you... more info
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| | 4. |  | The Mystic Masseur
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My review of this book probably reflects more negatively on the reviewer than it detracts from the Nobel prize winning author, but 3 stars is all I could squeeze out. It was a nice low key whimsical tale, with pretty good character development, acquainting us with the simple, humorous, pretentious... more info
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| | 5. |  | The Mimic Men: A Novel
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V.S. Naipaul's true genius is found in his travel books (An Area of Darkness, Among the Believers, Beyond Belief) while his novels often suffer the fate of over worn, if generally comfortable shoes: you feel as if you have trodden this ground before. This is not the case with his best works of... more info
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| | 6. |  | The Enigma of Arrival: A Novel
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Another reviewer said to read this in the winter, so I did. The rain and drizzle trapped me indoors so Naipaul had a captive audience. I didn't relish the book or the characters, nor did I think the attention to detail to be much of an inspiration. I was kind of amused with some of the ideas, and... more info
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| | 7. |  | In a Free State: A Novel
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The novella recounts every boring second of a two day drive across Africa. Nothing much happens. The driver and the passenger don't much like each other, which might have made their conversations interesting, but no. They tediously repeated the same ideas over and over. Reading the book felt as... more info
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| | 8. |  | Guerrillas
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In the unnamed island where "Guerrillas" is set, native people barely up from savagery choke under a miasma of rotting jungle vegetation and pink bauxite dust from the U.S.-owned factories that bleed their country dry. When a couple of white do-gooders arrive to slake their liberal consciences, they... more info
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| | 9. |  | Half a Life: A Novel
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I am an Indian. Indians seem to be proud of Mr. Naipaul as he is of "Indian Origin". This is the first book I read of his. Earlier, I had read about him sometimes on the web. And the image I had of him was that he was somewhat of a bitter man.
While reading this book, this image of his seemed... more info
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| | 10. |  | A Way in the World: A Novel
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WAY IN THE WORLD, by V. S. Naipaul.
My three stars reflect my own diminished enjoyment rather than the intrinsic quality of this well-written book by the Nobel-prizewinning author. It may even be an important work but, despite the description on the cover, it is not a novel in any normal sense.... more info
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