{"product_id":"miguel-street-by-v-s-naipaul","title":"Miguel Street | V. S. Naipaul","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tender, funny novel written with the verve of Dickens and the passion of Chekhov, set during World War II in a derelict neighborhood in Trinidad’s capital and narrated by an unnamed boy—from the Nobel Prize-winning author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“One of the few contemporary writers of whom we can speak in terms of greatness.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Newsday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say ‘Slum!’ because he could see no more.” But to its residents this corner of Trinidad’s capital is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else. There’s Popo the carpenter, who neglects his livelihood to build “the thing without a name.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s Man-man, who goes from running for public office to staging his own crucifixion, and the dreaded Big Foot, the bully with glass tear ducts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s the lovely Mrs. Hereira, in thrall to her monstrous husband. This tender, funny early novel is a work of mercurial mood shifts, by turns sweetly melancholy and anarchically funny. It overflows with life on every page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51542950183227,"sku":"0375713875","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780375713873.jpg?v=1787677401","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/miguel-street-by-v-s-naipaul","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}