{"product_id":"the-nightwatchmans-occurrence-book-v-s-naipaul-9780375708336","title":"The Nightwatchman's Occurrence Book: And Other Comic Inventions","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Nobel Prize-winning author comes two novels and a collection of stories that capture the rhythms of life in the Caribbean and England with impressive subtlety and humor. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The world's writer, a master of language and perception.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Suffrage of Elvira\u003c\/i\u003e is Naipaul's hilarious take on an electoral campaign in the back country of Trinidad, where the candidates' tactics include blatant vote-buying and supernatural sabotage. The eponymous protagonist of \u003ci\u003eMr. Stone and the Knights Companion\u003c\/i\u003e is an aging Englishman of ponderously regular habits whose life is thrown into upheaval by a sudden marriage and unanticipated professional advancement. And the stories in \u003ci\u003eA Flag on the Island\u003c\/i\u003e take us from a Chinese bakery in Trinidad--whose black proprietor faces bankruptcy until he takes a Chinese name--to a rooming house in London--where the genteel landlady plays a nasty Darwinian game with her budgerigars. Unfailingly stylish, filled with intelligence and feeling, here is the work of a writer who can do just about anything that can be done with language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e V. S. Naipaul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375708332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375708336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.22w x 0.99d","brand":"V. S. Naipaul","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064858849535,"sku":"9780375708336","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_825ec11b-4484-4afa-9b19-6f71056598a4.jpg?v=1768671511","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nightwatchmans-occurrence-book-v-s-naipaul-9780375708336","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}