num_pages: 564
description: In the comic masterpiece which established him one of the greatest writers in the English language, Naipaul follows the fortunes of Mr Biswas, the outsider who refuses to conform to the customs of his grander in-laws whose house he lives in. Finally finding a house of his own, he triumphs over the smaller minds who would repress him.
language: English
title: A House for Mr. Biswas
titlecomplete: A House for Mr. Biswas
characters: Shama, Mohun Biswas
genres: Fiction, Indian Literature, India, Literature, Classics, Nobel Prize, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 20680
places: Trinidad and Tobago
publisher: Everyman