In a Free State

Name: In a Free State
Brand: V.S. Naipaul
SKU: 9781529013030
Price: 9.07 GBP
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by V.S. Naipaul

Title:

In a Free State

Author:

V.S. Naipaul

Series (if any):

Macmillan Collector's Library

Format:

Hardback

Number of pages:

304 pages

Publisher:

Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL

ISBN-13:

9781529013030

EAN:

9781529013030

Classifications:

Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)

Weight (g):

302

Dimensions (mm):

101 x 158 x 20

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£9.07

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Description

V. S. Naipaul's Booker Prize winning novel about displacement, the yearning for the good place in someone else’s land and the attendant heartache.

Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by acclaimed author, Robert McCrum.

In a Free State tells the story first of an Indian servant in Washington, who becomes an American citizen but feels displaced. Then of a disturbed Asian West Indian in London who, in jail for murder, has never really known where he is. Then the central novel moves to a fictional African country. There, the central characters have to make the long drive to the safety of their compound. By the end of this drive we know everything about the English characters, the African country and the Idi Amin-like future awaiting it.