The mimic men
By: [by] V. S. Naipaul.
Edition: [1st American ed.]
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Postcolonialism -- Fiction; Politicians -- Fiction; Exiles -- Fiction; Caribbean Area -- Fiction; London (England) -- Fiction
Description: "A profound novel of cultural displacement, The Mimic Men masterfully evokes a colonial man's experience in a postcolonial world. Born of Indian heritage and raised on a British-dependent Caribbean island, Ralph Singh has retired to suburban London, writing his memoirs as a means to impose order on a chaotic existence. His memories lead him to recognize the paradox of his childhood during which he secretly fantasized about a heroic India, yet changed his name from Ranjit Kripalsingh. As he assesses his short-lived marriage to an ostentatious white woman, Singh realizes what has kept him from becoming a proper Englishman. But it is the return home and his subsequent immersion in the roiling political atmosphere of a newly self-governed nation that ultimately provide Singh with the necessary insight to discover the crux of his disillusionment."--amazon.com.