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Half a Life

V. S. Naipaul

Willie Chandran flees the heritage of his mixed class birth in India for the bohemian life of a writer in 1950s London. He falls in love with a woman and returns with her to Africa, living through the last days of colonialism.

GenresCasteFictionPortugalColoniesLondon (England)Africa

211 pages

English edition · First published 2002 by Vintage International · ISBN 9780375707285

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