A tender, funny novel written with the verve of Dickens and the passion of Chekhov, set during World War II in a derelict neighborhood in Trinidad’s capital and narrated by an unnamed boy–from the Nobel Prize-winning author.
“One of the few contemporary writers of whom we can speak in terms of greatness.” —Newsday “A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say ‘Slum!’ because he could see no more.” But to its residents this corner of Trinidad’s capital is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else. There’s Popo the carpenter, who neglects his livelihood to build “the thing without a name.” There’s Man-man, who goes from running for public office to staging his own crucifixion, and the dreaded Big Foot, the bully with glass tear ducts. There’s the lovely Mrs. Hereira, in thrall to her monstrous husband. This tender, funny early novel is a work of mercurial mood shifts, by turns sweetly melancholy and anarchically funny. It overflows with life on every page.Author: V. S. Naipaul
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07/23/2002
Series: Vintage International
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780375713873
Language: English
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