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The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief by V. S. Naipaul
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Category: Travel Literature
'Compelling, insightful, often sombrely beautiful' Sunday Telegraph Moving beyond travelogue, The Masque of Africa considers the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, the foreign religions of Christianity and Islam, the cults of leaders and mythical history) upon the progress of African civilizatio ...Show more
The Middle Passage : Impressions of Five Colonial Societies by V. S. Naipaul
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Category: Travel
In 1960, Dr Eric Williams, the first Prime Minister of independent Trinidad, invited V. S. Naipaul to revisit his native country and record his impressions. In this classic of modern travel writing he created a deft and remarkably prescient portrait of Trinidad and the Caribbean societies of four adjace ...Show more
The Mystic Masseur by V. S. Naipaul
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Category: Fiction
The Mystic Masseur, V. S. Naipaul's first published novel, is the story of the rise and rise of Ganesh, from failed primary school teacher and struggling masseur to author, revered mystic and MBE -- a journey equally memorable for its hilarity as its bewildering success. An unforgettable cast of charact ...Show more
The Nightwatchman's Occurrence Book : and other comic inventions by V. S. Naipaul
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Category: Fiction
WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR V.S. Naipaul's legendary command of broad comedy and acute social observation is on abundant display in these classic works of fiction -- two novels and a collection of stories -- that capture the rhythms of life in the Caribbean and England with impressive subtlety and ...Show more
The Writer and the World : Essays by V. S. Naipaul
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics
During forty years of travel, V. S. Naipaul has created a wide-ranging body of work, an exceptional and sustained meditation on our world. Now his finest pieces of reflection and reportage -- many of which have been unavailable for some time -- are collected in one volume. With an abiding faith in moder ...Show more