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Hardcover. Very good copy in pristine dustwrapper . First edition signed by the Author with neat newsclippings
In a corner of India untouched by anti-colonial agitation, Willy Chandran's father stood at odds with the world - aspiring to greatness whilst living out the dreary life marked out for him by his ancestors. In an attempt to defy his past, he marries a low-caste woman only to find himself at the mercy of his own fury. From this unhappy union the utterly compelling character of Willy Chandran emerges, oddly like his father, naively eager to find something that will place him both in and apart from the world. He is drawn to England and the immigrant community of ... Read more
In a corner of India untouched by anti-colonial agitation, Willy Chandran's father stood at odds with the world - aspiring to greatness whilst living out the dreary life marked out for him by his ancestors. In an attempt to defy his past, he marries a low-caste woman only to find himself at the mercy of his own fury. From this unhappy union the utterly compelling character of Willy Chandran emerges, oddly like his father, naively eager to find something that will place him both in and apart from the world. He is drawn to England and the immigrant community of ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Picador
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330485166
SKU
KEX0303186
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About Sandie Jones
V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a scholarship in 1950. He spent four years at University College, Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 1954. He pursued no other profession. His novels include A House for Mr Biswas, The Mimic Men, Guerrillas, A Bend in the River, and The Enigma of ... Read more
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