
Fireflies
Shiva Naipaul was the brother of V. S. Naipaul and author of Firefles and The Chip-Chip Gatherers. Fireflies, his first novel, published in 1970 and longlisted for the ''Lost Man Booker Award'' in 2010, is set in Naipaul''s native Trinidad. It includes a new foreword by Amit Chaudhuri.
The Khojas are Trinidad''s most venerated Hindu family. Rigidly orthodox, presiding over acres of ill-kept sugarc...
Shiva Naipaul was the brother of V. S. Naipaul and author of Firefles and The Chip-Chip Gatherers. Fireflies, his first novel, published in 1970 and longlisted for the ''Lost Man Booker Award'' in 2010, is set in Naipaul''s native Trinidad. It includes a new foreword by Amit Chaudhuri.
The Khojas are Trinidad''s most venerated Hindu family. Rigidly orthodox, presiding over acres of ill-kept sugarc...