num_pages: 256
description: The first of Naipaul’s twelve novels tells of the meteoric rise and hilarious metamorphosis of Ganesh Ramsumair from failed primary schoolteacher and struggling masseur to author, revered mystic, peerless politician and the most popular man in Trinidad.
language: English
title: The Mystic Masseur
titlecomplete: The Mystic Masseur
characters: Ganesh, Ramlogan
genres: Indian Literature, Fiction, 20th Century, Literature, India, Politics, Humor, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize
ratings_count: 2479
awards: awardedAt: -378662400000
name: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
publisher: Vintage Canada