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Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-
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East Indians -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Fiction.
Middle-aged men -- Fiction.
Home ownership -- Fiction.
Homeowners -- Fiction.
Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) -- Fiction.
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Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-
East Indians -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Fiction.
Middle-aged men -- Fiction.
Home ownership -- Fiction.
Homeowners -- Fiction.
Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) -- Fiction.
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A
house
for
Mr
.
Biswas
/ V.S. Naipaul.
by
Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-
Vintage International, 2001.
Call #:
FICTION NAI
Subjects
East Indians -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Fiction.
Middle-aged men -- Fiction.
Home ownership -- Fiction.
Homeowners -- Fiction.
Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780676975628 (trade pbk.)
Alternate title:
House
for Mister
Biswas
Edition:
1st Vintage International ed.
Description:
564 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary:
"In his forty-six short years,
Mr
. Mohun
Biswas
has been fighting against destiny to achieve some semblance of independence, only to face a lifetime of calamity. Shuttled from one residence to another after the drowning death of his father, for which he is inadvertently responsible,
Mr
.
Biswas
yearns for a place he can call home. But when he marries into the domineering Tulsi family on whom he indignantly becomes dependent,
Mr
.
Biswas
embarks on an arduous -- and endless -- struggle to weaken their hold over him, and purchase a
house
of his own."--Publisher.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Literary fiction.
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