A House for Mr. Biswas
About this book
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.
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL103113W
Subjects
Home ownershipJournalistsFamilyEast IndiansMiddle aged menHomeownersFictionTrinidad and TobagoPort of SpainMiddle-aged menAußenseiterInderBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Caribbean area, fictionFiction, family lifeFiction, humorousFiction, humorous, generalFamilies