A House for Mr Biswas

I purchased my copy of Biswas over ten years ago, after reading A Bend in the River for class and finding this on the Modern Library top 100 list. I found this to be a solid story but I never completely fell into the plot or characters, which made it easy to put down. The writing is solid, but the plot felt a bit like wandering and I didn't feel sympathetic toward any of the characters.