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The Mystic Masseur

by V. S. Naipaul

MysticsFictionPolitical fiction, Trinidadian and Tobagonian (English)Trinidadian and Tobagonian fictionSuccessful peopleFiction (fictional works by one author)Politics and governmentTrinidad and Tobago fiction

"Traces the unlikely career of Ganesh Ramsumair, a failed schoolteacher and impecunious village entrepreneur, and the most beloved politician in Trinidad. To understand a little better, one has to realize that in the 1940s masseurs were the island's medical practitioners of choice."--P. [4] of cover.

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Book data: Open Library