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The Suffrage of Elvira
Book • 1958
Published in 1958, The Suffrage of Elvira is V. S. Naipaul's second novel.
It is a satirical and comic portrayal of a local election in rural Trinidad during the colonial period, focusing on the character Surujpat Harbans and the multicultural dynamics among Muslims, Hindus, and Europeans.
The novel humorously critiques the political process and the complexities of postcolonial transition just a few years before Trinidad and Tobago's independence in 1962.
It is a satirical and comic portrayal of a local election in rural Trinidad during the colonial period, focusing on the character Surujpat Harbans and the multicultural dynamics among Muslims, Hindus, and Europeans.
The novel humorously critiques the political process and the complexities of postcolonial transition just a few years before Trinidad and Tobago's independence in 1962.
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William Dalrymple
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315. Controversy, Colonialism, & V.S. Naipaul
