A House for Mr Biswas
V. S. Naipaul
A work of great comic power qualified with firm and unsentimental compassion
Anthony Burgess
A marvellous prose epic that matches the best nineteenth-century novels
Newsweek
Naipaul’s masterpiece…[he has] a journalist’s eye for detail and a Dickensian gift for portraiture
Michiko Kakutani
Books by V. S. Naipaul
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A House for Mr Biswas
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India
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In a Free State
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The Enigma of Arrival
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A Bend in the River
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The Masque of Africa
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The Mimic Men
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The Nightwatchman's Occurrence Book
![Book cover for In a Free State]()
In a Free State
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Guerrillas
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Miguel Street
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The Mystic Masseur
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A Turn in the South
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The Middle Passage
![Book cover for Letters Between a Father and Son]()
Letters Between a Father and Son
![Book cover for Literary Occasions]()
Literary Occasions
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A Writer's People
![Book cover for The Writer and the World]()
The Writer and the World
![Book cover for A Way in the World]()
A Way in the World
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Magic Seeds
![Book cover for Half a Life]()
Half a Life
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Beyond Belief
![Book cover for India: A Wounded Civilization]()
India: A Wounded Civilization
![Book cover for Among the Believers]()
Among the Believers
![Book cover for An Area of Darkness]()
An Area of Darkness
![Book cover for The Loss of El Dorado]()
The Loss of El Dorado
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India: A Million Mutinies Now
