In a Free State: A Novel

In a Free State: A Novel

No writer has rendered our boundariless, post-colonial world more acutely or prophetically than V. S. Naipaul, or given its upheavals such a hauntingly human face. A perfect case in point is this riveting novel, a masterful and stylishly rendered narrative of emigration, dislocation, and dread, accompanied by four supporting narratives.

In the beginning it is just a car trip through Africa. Two English peopleâ‚¬"Bobby, a civil servant with a guilty appetite for African boys, and Linda, a supercilious â‚¬Å“compound wifeâ‚¬Ââ‚¬"are driving back to their enclave after a stay in the capital. But in between lies the landscape of an unnamed country whose squalor and ethnic bloodletting suggest Idi Aminâ‚¬s Uganda. And the farther Naipaulâ‚¬s protagonists travel into it, the more they find themselves crossing the line that separates privileged outsiders from horrified victims. Alongside this Conradian tour de force are four incisive portraits of men seeking liberation far from home. By turns funny and terrifying, sorrowful and unsparing, In A Free State is Naipaul at his best.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781400030552
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2002-02-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400030552

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