The Overcrowded Barracoon V. S. Naipaul

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The Overcrowded Barracoon by V. S. Naipaul

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Drawn together by a single theme - the culture and politics of the barracoon - V.S. Naipaul's collection of essays touches on subjects as diverse as Indian society, John Steinbeck, the origins of the Trinidad Carnival, Norman Mailer and Black Power.

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The Overcrowded Barracoon by V. S. Naipaul

Drawn together by a single theme - the culture and politics of the barracoon - V.S. Naipaul collection of essays touches on subjects as diverse as Indian society, John Steinbeck, the origins of the Trinidad Carnival, Norman Mailer and Black Power. The essays evoke attitudes of disenchantment, self-deception and oppression.

Part 1 Unlikely colonial: London; Cricket; Jasmine; East Indian. Part 2 india: In the Middle of the Journey; Jamshed into Jimmy; Indian Autobiographies; The Last of the Aryans; Theatrical Natives; A Second Visit - Tragedy the Missing Sense, Magic and Dependence; The Election in Ajmer. Part 3 Looking westward: Mr Matsuda's Million-Dollar Gamble; Steinbeck in Monterey; New York with Norman Mailer; Jacques Soustelle and the Decline of the West. Part 4 Columbus and Crusoe: Columbus and Crusoe; The Ultimate Colony; St Kitts - Papa and the Power Set; Anguilla - the Shipwrecked Six Thousand; Power?; The Overcrowded Barracoon.

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GOR001207614

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9780140041286

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0140041281

Title

The Overcrowded Barracoon by V. S. Naipaul

Author

V. S. Naipaul

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Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Year published

19760527

Number of pages

320

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The Overcrowded Barracoon V. S. Naipaul

The Overcrowded Barracoon by V. S. Naipaul

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