V.S. Naipaul
The Mystic Masseur
originally published:
London : Andre Deutsch
1957
We offered this advance review copy of the first American edition in our Catalog 103.
awards:
- Booker Prize(1971)
- Nobel Prize for Literature(2001)
- Burgess 99(1979)
- First Book(1957)
- Modern Library 100 Best Novels(072)
- Modern Library 100 Best Novels(083)
- Time Magazine 100 Novels(1961)
reference info
bio notes:
born: 8/17/1932
born as: Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
nationality: Great Britain
Trinidadian novelist of Indian descent known for works that examine exile and alienation. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.
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