The Suffrage of Elvira
1958 novel by V. S. Naipaul
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| Author | V. S. Naipaul |
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| Cover artist | Robert Micklewright |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Andre Deutsch |
Publication date | 1958 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
The Suffrage of Elvira is a comic novel by V. S. Naipaul set in colonial Trinidad. It was written in 1957,[1] and was published in London the following year. It is a satire of the democratic process and the consequences of political change, published a few years before Trinidad and Tobago achieved independence in 1962.
Plot summary
The novel describes the slapstick circumstances surrounding a local election in one of the districts of Trinidad. Its main character is Surujpat Harbans. It also delves into the multiculturalism of Trinidad, showing the effects of the election on various ethnic groups, including Muslims, Hindus, and Europeans.
References
- ^ French, Patrick (2008), The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul, New York: Alfred Knopf, ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1
External links
- Review of the novel in The New York Times.
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Works by V. S. Naipaul
- The Mystic Masseur
- The Suffrage of Elvira
- Miguel Street
- A House for Mr Biswas
- Mr Stone and the Knights Companion
- A Flag on the Island
- The Mimic Men
- In a Free State
- Guerrillas
- A Bend in the River
- The Enigma of Arrival
- A Way in the World
- Half a Life
- Magic Seeds
- The Middle Passage
- An Area of Darkness
- The Loss of El Dorado
- The Overcrowded Barracoon and Other Articles
- India: A Wounded Civilization
- A Congo Diary
- The Return of Eva Peron and the Killings in Trinidad
- Among the Believers
- Finding the Centre
- Reading and Writing
- A Turn in the South
- India: A Million Mutinies Now
- Bombay
- Beyond Belief
- Between Father and Son
- The Writer and the World
- Literary Occasions
- A Writer's People
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