In a Free State

In a Free State

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V.S. Naipaul
V.S. Naipaul
1971 • 246 pages

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Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971 this book comprises three novellas, set in three very different countries. The stories are about people surviving as best they can in states with varying levels of political, social and economic freedom.

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