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        A House For Mr Biswas


        setting

        Trinidad

        time

        1920-60

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1961

        page count

        564

        difficulty

        Advanced

        main characters

        Mr. Biswas, Mohun, Shama, Savi, Arund

        Rip's impressions

        This novel barely sustains or earns its length, but the irresistible characters keeps one going.

        first line

        Ten weeks before he died, Mr. Mohun Biswas, a journalist of Sikkim Street, St. James, Port of Spain, was sacked.

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