The Mystic Masseur (novel)

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The Mystic Masseur is a comic novel by V. S. Naipaul. It is set in colonial Trinidad.

[edit] Plot

The novel is about a frustrated writer of Indian descent who rises from an impoverished background to become a successful politician on the back of his dubious talent as a 'mystic' masseur - a masseur who can cure illnesses.

[edit] Film

The 2001 film of the novel, The Mystic Masseur, is a Merchant Ivory production.