BOOKS by V.S. Naipaul

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1	Bend in the River more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist Based on Idi Amin's Uganda, Naipaul's novel is about an outsider, a Muslim Indian merchant named Salim, whose store in a small town on the Congo is threatened and finally lost in the chaos of the prevailing political regime. Gradually, not only the store but the town itself succumbs to the corruption. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.53! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist This account of his travels to four countries of the Islamic world, by a writer who was born in Trinidad and lives in England, is definitely an outsider's view, and aroused immediate controversy upon its publication. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Miguel Street more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist A magnet to the poets, philosophers, troubadours, and misfits who inhabit Port of Spain, Miguel Street is a place where tales of glory and debauchery vie with declarations of love and anger, where neighborhood melodramas are scrutinized, and wisdom is meted out to everyone. These vignettes reflect the neighborhood where Naipaul grew up. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist The author continues his preoccupation with Islamic fundamentalism in this title, in which people living in Muslim-dominated countries tell their powerful, often disturbing stories. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.90! \| first editions \| SVS
5	House for Mr. Biswas more books like this by V. S. Naipaul add to wishlist Continually faced with homelessness and manipulated by people in power, Mr. Biswas becomes obsessed with the idea of having his own house. Twice, he attempts to build, but the schemes fail. He finds a good job but loses it. Finally, he borrows money and, on impulse, buys a house that is shabby and defective--if not downright dangerous--but is at ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.35! \| first editions \| SVS
6	In a Free State more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist "In a Free State" deals in displacement. It tells first of an Indian servant in Washington, then of an Asian West Indian in London who is in jail for murder. Then the story moves to Africa, to a fictional country something like Uganda or Rwanda. The two main characters are English. They once found Africa liberating, but now it has gone sour on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.73! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Guerrillas more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist A portrait of political and sexual violence in the Caribbean, ending with a sado-masochistic murder. The author also wrote "A House for Mr Biswas", "The Suffrage of Elvira", "The Mimic Men" and "Mr Stone and the Knights Companion". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Half a Life more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Middle Passage more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist Naipaul describes the effects of British, French, and Dutch colonialism on the history and culture of the Caribbean. Naipaul based his observations on a seven-month tour of the area, a grant from the government in Trinidad. see all copies from $4.13! new only from $8.97! \| first editions \| SVS
10	India: 2a Million Mutinies Now more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist Naipaul's third book to deal with India is an optimistic look at the state of the country in the late 1980s. Returning after many years away to view India's economic and social achievements, Naipaul finds a new spirit of freedom and pride, even among the poor--whose situation, he emphasizes, is still desperate. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11	India: A Million Mutinies Now more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist Naipaul's third book to deal with India is an optimistic look at the state of the country in the late 1980s. Returning after many years away to view India's economic and social achievements, Naipaul finds a new spirit of freedom and pride, even among the poor--whose situation, he emphasizes, is still desperate. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	A Way in the World more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist This broad-ranging, episodic, nearly epic novel of the New World, its heroes, antiheroes, and villains, is told from a semi-autobiographical perspective. A WAY IN THE WORLD is V.S. Naipaul 's 22nd book. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Turn in the South more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist Naipaul took a trip to the American south and wrote a book delineating his impressions. Both disturbing and insightful, it is nonetheless the work of an outsider who sees with a fresh eye but who also, at times, fails to comprehend what he sees. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Mimic Men more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist Just 40, Ralph Singh - a disgraced colonial minister exiled from Isabella, the Caribbean island of his birth - writes his autobiography in a genteel hotel in a run-down London suburb. The author also wrote "The Mystic Masseur", "A House for Mr Biswas" and "The Middle Passage". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.52! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Area of Darkness more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist This text is a semi-autobiographical account of a year V.S. Naipaul spent in India. From his arrival in prohibition-dry Bombay, bearing whisky and cheap brandy, to his departure, Naipaul came to recognize a cultural estrangement from India. It became to him a land of myths, an area of darkness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Enigma of Arrival more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist An elliptical, lyrical, vividly descriptive autobiographical account of what it's like for an Indian writer from Trinidad to settle in the rural west of England. When Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001, the judges commented that THE ENIGMA OF ARRIVAL provides an "unrelenting image of the placid collapse of the old colonial ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.78! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Finding the Center more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	India more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist V.S. Naipaul's fascinating account of his journey around India approaches this shifting, changing land from a variety of perspectives. Through interviews with people from many different walks of life, he builds an oral history of a country constantly on the move. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.64! \| first editions
19 view cover	Suffrage of Elvira more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist This comedy of manners in set in Trinidad and is written by the author of "The Mystic Masseur", "The Middle Passage", "The Return of Eva Perron", "Mr Stone and the Knights Companion" and "A House for Mr Biswas". see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	The Loss of El Dorado: A Colonial History more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist V. S. Naipaul's history of Trinidad emphasizes its beginnings in the 16th century as the possible site of El Dorado. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $8.40! \| SVS
21 view cover	India: A Wounded Civilization more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist Naipaul's third book to deal with India is an optimistic look at the state of the country in the late 1980s. Returning after many years away to view India's economic and social achievements, Naipaul finds a new spirit of freedom and pride, even among the poor--whose situation, he emphasizes, is still desperate. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Writer and the World: Essays more books like this by V S Naipaul, Pankaj Mishra (Introduction by) add to wishlist This collection of 40 years of V. S. Naipaul's writing encompasses his observations on topics ranging from Muslims in India to a local election in New York City. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions
23	Return of Eva Peron more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist Michael X in Trinidad, Peronism in Argentina, the cult of Kingship in Mobutu's Zaire - the author brings his novelist's questioning to bear upon the "half-made" societies, those still suffering from the profound deprivations of colonialism and prey to corruption. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24 view cover	Literary Occasions: Essays more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist In this collection, Naipaul includes pieces pertinent to his early days in Trinidad and to his writing, among them his Nobel lecture from 2001, the foreword to A HOUSE FOR MR. BISWAS, and a lengthy, 20-year-old autobiographical essay. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.90! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The return of Eva Perón with the killings in Trinidad more books like this by V. S. Naipaul add to wishlist A collection of pieces of reportage and reflections on societies which are still suffering from the profound deprivations of colonialism. Amongst the topics covered are Michael X in Trinidad, Peronism in Argentina, and the cult of Kingship in Mobuto's Zaire. see all copies from $3.00! first editions

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