{"product_id":"11952-the-night-watchmans-occurrence-book","title":"The Night watchman's Occurrence Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: V S Naipaul\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Picador India\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 546\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0330491180\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaipaul's legendary command of broad comedy and acute social observation is on abundant display in these classic works  of fiction - two novels and a collection of stories - that capture the rhythms of life in the Caribbean and England with impressive subtlety and humor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis omnibus includes 'The Suffrage of Elvira' ; 'Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion' ; and 'A Flag on the Island'. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Suffrage of Elvira is Naipaul's hilarious take on an electoral campaign in the backcountry of Trinidad, where the candidates tactics include blatant vote-buying and supernatural sabotage.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe eponymous protagonist  of Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion is an ageing Englishman of ponderously regular habits whose life is thrown into upheaval by a sudden marriage and an unanticipated professional advancement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd the stories in A Flag on the Island take us from Chinese bakery in Trinidad - whose black proprietor faces bankruptcy until he takes a Chinese name - to a rooming house in London, where the genteel landlady plays a nasty Darwinian game with her budgerigars.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnfailing stylish, filled with intelligence and feeling, here is the work of a writer who can do just about anything that can be done with language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR AND BOOKS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV S Naipaul is the world's writer, a master of language and perception.\u003cbr\u003e= The New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs delightful as anything Naipaul has written.\u003cbr\u003e=The New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV S Naipaul has a substantial claim as a comic writer…This humor, conducted throughout with the utmost stylistic quietude, is completely original.\u003cbr\u003e= Kingsley Amis, The Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE SUFFRAGE OF ELVIRA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: A Bad Sign\u003cbr\u003eThe Bakshes\u003cbr\u003eThe Bargain with Chittaranjan\u003cbr\u003eThe Writing on the Wall\u003cbr\u003eTiger\u003cbr\u003eEncounters\u003cbr\u003eEncounters by Night\u003cbr\u003eDead Chicken\u003cbr\u003eDead Dog\u003cbr\u003eThe Retreat of the Witnesses\u003cbr\u003eThe New Candidate\u003cbr\u003eA Departure\u003cbr\u003eMore Departures\u003cbr\u003eDemocracy Takes Root in Elvira\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: The Case of Whisky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMR STONE AND THE KNIGHTS COMPANION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy aunt Gold Teeth\u003cbr\u003eThe Raffle\u003cbr\u003eA Christmas Story\u003cbr\u003eThe Mourners\u003cbr\u003eThe Night watchman's Occurrence Book\u003cbr\u003eThe Enemy\u003cbr\u003eGreenie and Yellow\u003cbr\u003eThe Perfect tenants\u003cbr\u003eThe Heart\u003cbr\u003eThe Baker's Story\u003cbr\u003eA Flag on the Island\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"V S Naipaul \/ Picador India \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785524719785,"sku":"11952","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/11952.jpg?v=1625524120","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/11952-the-night-watchmans-occurrence-book","provider":"India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}