A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul

A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. NaipaulBorn 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 been met only with calamity. Shuttled from one residence to another after the drowning of his father, for which he is inadvertently responsible, Mr Biswas yearns for a place he can call home. He marries into the domineering Tulsi family, on whom he becomes

these stories shine a light on a violent city gripped by urban madness

When Number Eleven of the newly completed Fanny Briggs Memorial Building goes into deadly free-fall just hours after Lila Mae has signed off on it

but he's remarkably energetic for a dead man

and organize your financial life

The narrator’s grandmother

I didn't take much interest in them myself

So they are the first to the scene of the crime when a string of high-society dog-nappings and jewel thefts hits Big City

as well as technologies that might hold the key to our future survival

Traditional fairytales are full of cliché and gender stereotypes: beautiful

With stories and analysis drawn from decades of investing experience

Khyentse urges readers to move beyond the superficial trappings of Buddhism beyond a romance with beads

and ex-husband three times over-moves in