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A House for Mr Biswas
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKS One of BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World. Heart-rending and darkly comic, V. S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr Biswas has been hailed as one of the twentieth century’s finest novels, a classic that evokes a man’s quest for autonomy against the backdrop of post-colonial Trinidad. Mr Biswas has been told since the day of his birth that misfortune will follow him – and so it has. Meaning only to avoid punishment, he causes the death of his father and the dissolution of his family. Wanting simply to flirt with a beautiful woman, he ends up marrying her. But in spite of endless setbacks, Mr Biswas is determined to achieve independence, and so he begins the gruelling struggle to buy a home of his own. Part of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.
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Publisher : Picador (17 February 2022); The Smithson, 6 Briset Street, London EC1M 5NR
Language : English
Paperback : 640 pages
ISBN-10 : 1529077192
ISBN-13 : 978-1529077193
Reading age : 18 years and up
Item Weight : 456 g
Dimensions : 13.2 x 4.1 x 19.7 cm
Net Quantity : 1.00 count
Importer : Pan Macmillan Publishing
Packer : AAJ Enterprises
Generic Name : Book
Best Sellers Rank: #16,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#30 in Sociology (Books)
#1,271 in Contemporary Fiction (Books)
#2,958 in Romance (Books)
Customer Reviews: 4.4
1,948 ratings
Publisher : Picador (17 February 2022); The Smithson, 6 Briset Street, London EC1M 5NR
Language : English
Paperback : 640 pages
ISBN-10 : 1529077192
ISBN-13 : 978-1529077193
Reading age : 18 years and up
Item Weight : 456 g
Dimensions : 13.2 x 4.1 x 19.7 cm
Net Quantity : 1.00 count
Importer : Pan Macmillan Publishing
Packer : AAJ Enterprises
Generic Name : Book
Best Sellers Rank: #16,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#30 in Sociology (Books)
#1,271 in Contemporary Fiction (Books)
#2,958 in Romance (Books)
Customer Reviews: 4.4
1,948 ratings
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