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Help Me Pick The Next Novel I’ll Read
So this is the post where I usually select and preview my next read, but I thought it would be fun to let you guys weigh in this time. This current batch of five novels includes The Confessions of Nat...
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Next Up: A House for Mr. Biswas
You guys voted for the next novel last week, and A House for Mr. Biswas it is. This novel is V.S. Naipaul’s only appearance on the Time list. Time describes the novel as such: A House for Mr. Biswas is...
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Here’s How NOT To Buy A House
I’ve only read the prologue and first chapter of A House for Mr. Biswas, but I love the premise of the novel. It’s simplistic—almost Seinfeldesque in a sense. Here’s a guy who just wants his own house....
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V.S. Naipaul And His Crappy Watch
In 2001, V.S. Naipaul won the Nobel Prize for Literature. As is customary, Naipaul was asked to give a short, two-minute speech. And as far as stuffy Nobel Prize speeches go, I’d say it’s rather...
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Mr. Biswas And His “Nagging” Wife
I’ve mentioned before, specifically in this post, about V.S. Naipaul’s misogynistic reputation. Now, granted, A House for Mr. Biswas is my first experience reading Naipaul’s work, so I’m hardly an...
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The Worst Quotes From V.S. Naipaul
A couple of weeks ago, I laid out some of V.S. Naipaul’s best quotes—of which there are many. But many of us might know Naipaul from the long list of ridiculous, controversial things he’s said over the...
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The Isolation of Mr. Biswas
Yeah, I’m not a big fan of V.S. Naipaul, the person. But, man, can that dude write. The poetic nature of his writing reminds me a little of Fitzgerald. Here’s another beautiful passage from A House for...
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“A Fragrant of Forgotten Experience”
A House for Mr. Biswas is full of beautiful passages. But this one might be the best: Occasionally, a nerve of memory is touched—a puddle reflecting the blue sky after rain, a pack of thumbed cards,...
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Book #77: A House For Mr. Biswas
Finally, it’s done. I don’t recall taking this long to read a novel in quite some time. I previewed A House for Mr. Biswas on December 9 and I’m reviewing it today. That’s nearly two months. This is a...
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Ranking The First 80 Novels
So now’s the time when I take a look back at the last several novels I’ve read and explain to you why I ranked them as I did. Here’s how books 76 through 80 break down: Book #76: Lucky Jim (Current...
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