Title: Beyond the dragon's mouth : stories and pieces /
Authors: Naipaul, Shiva, 1945-
Publisher: H. Hamilton,
Year: 1984
Subjects: Naipaul, Shiva,; England Fiction.; England Description and travel.; Asia Fiction.
Contents: Stories, 1969-1974: The beauty contest ; A man of mystery ; The political education of Clarissa Forbes ; The dolly house ; Mr Sookhoo and the carol singers ; The father, the son and the holy ghost ; The tenant ; Lack of sleep. -- Pieces: England: Living in Earls Court ; Flying the flag in Brixton ; Passports to dependence ; The road to nowhere ; On cannibal farm. -- India: The city by the sea ; A dying state ; The Sanjay factor ; Bubbly. -- Christians and muslims: Funeral of a Pope ; Legacy of a revolution ; The Aryan dream ; Victim of Ramadan. -- Two dreams of Africa: The bush negroes of Surinam ; The rise of the Rastaman. -- Islands: Two colonies ; Fall from innocence ; Grenada : a postscript.