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The Mimic Men

Written by: V. S. Naipaul
Narrated by: Sam Dastor
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Former government minister Ralph Singh is the perpetual outsider: displaced, disillusioned, and now living in exile, Ralph reflects on his earlier life and the searing effects of colonialism. Ralph's constant estrangement sees him ever attempting to fit into various communities, only to find home in more transient spaces. Born on the tropical island of Isabella, he is one of West India's many "Mimic Men".

Booker and Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul's sixth novel is a brutal and perceptive commentary on the postcolonial condition of the colonial man.

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©1967 V. S. Naipaul (P)2017 Naxos AudioBooks Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Political
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struggled to finish...narration is so disoriented and haphazard...but narrator makes up for it by voicing different actors and their accent so well. narrator is better than the storyline.

painful book but narration makes up for it

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