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V. S. Naipaul (Identities and Issues in Literature)
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Viewing V. S. Naipaul’s writing retrospectively, one can find in it a three-part pattern that suggests an orderly, seemingly calculated development, although the author did not plan this development in advance. Naipaul’s first three novels deal in ironic ways with the struggles of a Trinidad adjusting to its newly achieved independent status. These novels portray the foolishness and absurdity of Trinidad society as Naipaul, the observer, perceives it.
In A House for Mr. Biswas, the fourth book, Naipaul becomes more psychological in his...
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