A Man of Mystery and Other Stories — Shiva Naipaul

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  • Mass Market Paperback
  • Feb-1996
  • Penguin
  • ISBN: 0140188355
  • ISBN13: 9780140188356

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Sharply observed, wryly comic yet touched with sadness, these eight stories were written between 1969 and 1974. 'A Man of Mystery' charts the tragic downfall of Mr Green, a shoemaker overtaken by commercialization. Other stories range from the hilarious rivalry of a group of competitors in 'The Beauty Contest' to the heartbreaking disintegration of a marriage in 'The Dolly House'. Masterpieces of storytelling, they successfully capture the absurdities and pathos of human behaviour.
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