The Nightwatchman's Occurrence Book Paperback by V. S. Naipaul

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage Canada (2002-06-20)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 544 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780676975093
• Item Weight: 394.63 grams
• Dimensions: 7.97 x 5.18 x 0.93 cm

(includes The Suffrage of Elvira, A Flag on the Island and Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion)

Written early in V. S. Naipaul’s prolific career, these three works of fiction — two novels and a collection of stories — are ample evidence of his cosmopolitan reach and his seemingly effortless command of broad comedy and acute observation.

About the Author

V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He has published more than 20 books of fiction and nonfiction, including A House for Mr. Biswas, A Bend in the River, The Enigma of Arrival and An Area of Darkness. He lives in Wiltshire, England. He was knighted in 1990 and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.