Loved itThis book right here, so good. We both thoroughly enjoyed this book, but it did engross us a lot and it did take us quite a bit of time to get through it. But, that being said, it's worth it.
A House for Mr. Biswas (1961)
Others: Positive Naipaul’s breakthrough novel is a marvellous comic tale of a Trinidadian of Indian descent striving to improve his lot. Continually making big plans for himself he constantly finds himself thwarted by his wife’s family and by his own ineptitude and over-reaching ambition.
- ISBN:
- 9780330487191
- Length:
- 564 pages
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