Set on a troubled Caribbean island - where Asians, Africans, Americans and former British colonials co-exist in a state of suppressed hysteria - "Guerrillas" is a novel of colonialism and revolution. A white man arrives with his mistress, an English woman influenced by fantasies of native power and sexuality, unaware of the consequences of her actions. Together with a leader of the "revolution", they act out a gripping drama of death, sexual violence, and spiritual impotence.
"Guerrillas" depicts a convulsion in public life, and ends in private violence. Place and people are evoked with an intensity unrivalled elsewhere. The novel comes with extraordinary force from the centre of a profound moral awareness of the world's plight.
| Weight | 0.690000 |
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| By | Naipaul |
| Country of Publication | United Kingdom |
| Dimensions | 197 x 130 mm |
| Edition | New ed |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN/EAN | 9780330487139 |
| Pagination | 200 |
| Publication Date | May 9, 2002 |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
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