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In A Free State by V. S. Naipaul is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Through five connected tales, V.S. Naipaul explores alienation, disruption and racial tension in a perilously unpredictable world.In stories wrapped around a novella (later published as a separate volume), Naipaul introduces a range of discomfiting characters - a mercilessly bullied tramp, a compromised servant, a humiliated cousin and a disaffected tourist. In the central narrative, he imagines a new Heart of Darkness for Africa, as a British civil servant and his wife drive back to their compound across an unnamed country: a dangerous journey into an increasingly disturbed and violent land."Rereading In a Free State, I was struck by how its revolutionary nature still remains untarnished; indeed, the experimental side seems magnified at a time when mainstream deployment of the terms avant-garde and experimental, even form, seems to have fallen into misuse and downright error." - Neel Mukherjee, The Paris ReviewShortlisted for The Golden Man Booker.V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad. He studied at Oxford University and then moved to London to work for the BBC. His novels include A House for Mr Biswas, The Enigma of Arrival, A Bend in the River (shortlisted for the 1979 Booker Pr

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Author

V. S. Naipaul

Published

1971

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Short Stories

Rating

3.49 / 5 (29 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14