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Half A Life - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Naipaul, V. S - 2001
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London: Picador. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author. Cloth. 0330485164 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author V. S. Naipaul directly on the title page; Willie Chandran's father rejected his Brahmin heritage to marry a lower caste woman, much to his regret. As an adult, Willie contrived a new identity as a bohemian writer in 1950's London. At the brink of exhaustion, he is rescued by the love of a woman who carries him to her home in Africa where he stays for 18 years, living a life not quite his own; [viii], 227, [5] pages .
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