V. S. Naipaul

In a Free State is a novel by V.S. Naipaul published in 1971. It won that year's Booker Prize. The plot consists of a framing narrative and three short stories, the last one also titled In a Free State. The work is symphonic, with different movements working towards an overriding theme. It is not too clearly spelled …

The Mimic Men is a novel by V. S. Naipaul first published by Andre Deutsch in the UK in 1967.