A House for Mr Biswas
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A House for Mr Biswas is a 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul, significant as Naipaul's first work to achieve acclaim worldwide. It is the story of Mr Mohun Biswas, an Indo-Trinidadian who continually strives for success and mostly fails, who marries into the Tulsi family only to find himself dominated by it, and who finally sets the goal of owning his own house. Drawing some elements from the life of Naipaul's father, the work is primarily a sharply-drawn look at life in a fledgling postcolonial world.
Editions
- Penguin Books (Twentieth-Century Classics), with introduction by Ian Buruma, 1993 (paperback) ISBN 0140186042
- Everyman's Library, 1995 (hardback) ISBN 0679444580
- Vintage Books USA, 2001 (paperback) ISBN 0375707166