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A House for Mr. Biswas 

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V S NaipaulA House for Mr. Biswas (1961)
A novel by V S Naipaul

 
*A gripping masterpiece, hailed as one of the 20th century's finest novels*

A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS is V.S. Naipaul's unforgettable third novel. Born the "wrong way" and thrust into a world that greeted him with little more than a bad omen, Mohun Biswas has spent his 46 years of life striving for independence. But his determined efforts have met only with calamity. Shuttled from one residence to another after the drowning of his father, Mr Biswas yearns for a place he can call home. He marries into the domineering Tulsi family, on whom he becomes indignantly dependent, but rebels and takes on a succession of occupations in an arduous struggle to weaken their hold over him and purchase a house of his own. Heartrending and darkly comic, A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS masterfully evokes a man's quest for autonomy against the backdrop of post-colonial Trinidad.

 
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November 2008 : Library Binding
Title: A House for Mr. Biswas
Author(s): V. S. Naipaul
ISBN: 1-4395-7156-2 / 978-1-4395-7156-9
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August 2000 : Hardback
Title: House for Mr. Biswas, A (BBC Radio Collection)
Author(s): V.S. Naipaul
ISBN: 0-563-47744-X / 978-0-563-47744-0 (UK edition)
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November 1995 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0679444580Title: A House for Mr. Biswas (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics)
Author(s): V.S. Naipaul
ISBN: 0-679-44458-0 / 978-0-679-44458-9 (USA edition)
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September 1995 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1857152131Title: A House For Mr Biswas (Everyman's Library classics)
Author(s): V S Naipaul
ISBN: 1-85715-213-1 / 9781857152135 (UK edition)
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May 1984 : Hardback
Title: A House for Mr. Biswas
Author(s): V.S. Naipaul
ISBN: 0-233-97638-8 / 978-0-233-97638-9 (UK edition)
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June 1983 : Hardback
Title: A House for Mr. Biswas
Author(s): V. S. Naipaul
ISBN: 0-394-53400-X / 978-0-394-53400-8 (USA edition)
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1978 : Hardback
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1973 : Hardback
Title: A House for Mr Biswas. Signed copy
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1969 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B002LPZ0BQTitle: A House for Mr Biswas
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1963 : Hardback
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1962 : Hardback
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December 1961 : Hardback
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1960 : Hardback
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April 2011 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0330522892Title: A House for Mr Biswas
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ISBN: 0-330-52289-2 / 978-0-330-52289-2 (UK edition)
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February 2003 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0676975623Title: A House for Mr. Biswas
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January 2003 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0330487191Title: A House for Mr Biswas
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March 2001 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0375707166Title: A House for Mr. Biswas
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September 2000 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0141182830Title: A House for Mr. Biswas (Penguin Modern Classics)
Author(s): V. S. Naipaul
ISBN: 0-14-118283-0 / 978-0-14-118283-4 (UK edition)
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1993 : Paperback
Title: House for Mr. Biswas, A
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November 1992 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0140186042Title: A House for Mr. Biswas (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
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ISBN: 0-14-018604-2 / 978-0-14-018604-8 (UK edition)
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November 1984 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0394720504Title: A House for Mr. Biswas
Author(s): Naipaul V. S.
ISBN: 0-394-72050-4 / 978-0-394-72050-0 (USA edition)
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1978 : Paperback
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1976 : Paperback
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1973 : Paperback
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October 1969 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0140030255Title: A House for Mr. Biswas
Author(s): V. S. Naipaul
ISBN: 0-14-003025-5 / 978-0-14-003025-9 (UK edition)
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1963 : Mass Market Paperback
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Author(s): V.S.Naipaul
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October 2010 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B0046A9J9STitle: A House for Mr. Biswas: A Novel (Vintage International)
Author(s): V.S. Naipaul
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