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The nightwatchman's occurrence book [electronic resource] : and other comic inventions / V.S. Naipaul.

Summary:

The three stories in this book, "The Suffrage of Elvira, A Flag on the Island" and "Mr. Stone and the Knight's Companion, " take readers from a Chinese bakery in Trinidad to a rooming house in London, all in Naipaul's bizarre international style.

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  • ISBN: 9780307398574 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0307398579 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
  • Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : Vintage Canada, 2012.

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General Note:
Originally published as 3 separate works in 1958, 1963 and 1967.
Formatted Contents Note:
The suffrage of Elvira -- Mr. Stone and the knights companion -- A flag on the island.
Subject: Trinidadian and Tobagonian fiction (English)
West Indies > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction.
England > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre: Electronic books.

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