Miguel Street (Vintage International)

ISBN: 0375713875

Author: Naipaul, V. S.

Condition: Used

A tender, funny novel written with the verve of Dickens and the passion of Chekhov, set during World War II in a derelict neighborhood in Trinidads capital and narrated by an unnamed boy-from the Nobel Prize-winning author.One of the few contemporary writers of whom we can speak in terms of greatness. -NewsdayA stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say Slum! because he could see no more. But to its residents this corner of Trinidads capital is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else. Theres Popo the carpenter, who neglects his livelihood to build the thing without a name. Theres Man-man, who goes from running for public office to staging his own crucifixion, and the dreaded Big Foot, the bully with glass tear ducts. Theres the lovely Mrs. Hereira, in thrall to her monstrous husband. This tender, funny early novel is a work of mercurial mood shifts, by turns sweetly melancholy and anarchically funny. It overflows with life on every page.