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In a Free State

by V. S. Naipaul

1971 256 pages eng ★ 3.7 (3 ratings)

Short Stories Literary Fiction
West Indians East Indians Travelers Culture conflict Africa, fiction United states, fiction Great britain, fiction British Fiction, short stories (single author) Fiction, general Fiction

Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971 this book comprises three novellas, set in three very different countries. The stories are about people surviving as best they can in states with varying levels of political, social and economic freedom.

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