House for Mr Biswas (Record no. 45056)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781529077193
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 823 NAI
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Personal name Naipaul, V. S.
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Title House for Mr Biswas
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Picador Collection
Place of publication, distribution, etc London
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2022
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 626
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Summary, etc One of BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World. Heart-rending and darkly comic, V. S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr Biswas has been hailed as one of the twentieth century’s finest novels, a classic that evokes a man’s quest for autonomy against the backdrop of post-colonial Trinidad. Mr Biswas has been told since the day of his birth that misfortune will follow him – and so it has. Meaning only to avoid punishment, he causes the death of his father and the dissolution of his family. Wanting simply to flirt with a beautiful woman, he ends up marrying her. But in spite of endless setbacks, Mr Biswas is determined to achieve independence, and so he begins the gruelling struggle to buy a home of his own. Part of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element English fiction
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Home ownership
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Middle-aged men
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Koha item type Book
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