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A House for Mr Biswas

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by V.S. Naipaul

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The cover is in an Indian language-is the book translated into English?
Micki The book was written in English.
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Lily interesting novel that would give the readers an outline of the indian life led in a foreign place. at times, the book deals with religion and often w…moreinteresting novel that would give the readers an outline of the indian life led in a foreign place. at times, the book deals with religion and often with the power role in families. the book has autobiographical elements, with mr. biswas, the protagonist, mirroring the author's father; and the character of anand, biswas' son, drawn parallel to the character of the author himself. a big book, that could take a long time to complete reading, but it's worth it.(less)
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Trying to find out in which Naipaul novel is there a person giving advice to (I think) the main character. The advice boils down to not being misled by round numbers or numeric thresholds. I can't think of the examples given in the book but a similar example would be, perhaps, waiting for a stock price to reach, say, 100 before selling--simply because 100 is a nice, round number. Does anyone recognize this?
Oliver Ford I'm afraid not, but if he were to give this advice, M Biswas would surely begin 'ought oughts are ought'!…moreI'm afraid not, but if he were to give this advice, M Biswas would surely begin 'ought oughts are ought'!(less)
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