000			01184 a2200169 4500
020			_a9781529077193
082			_a823 NAI
100			_aNaipaul, V. S.
245			_a House for Mr Biswas
260			_bPicador Collection _a London _c2022
300			_a626
520			_aOne 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			_aEnglish fiction
650			_aHome ownership
650			_aMiddle-aged men
942			_cBK _2ddc
999			_c45056 _d45056