Miguel Street

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Miguel Street
1st edition cover
Author	V. S. Naipaul
Country	Trinidad
Publisher	André Deutsch
Publication date	1959
Pages	176

Miguel Street is a semi-autobiographical novel by V. S. Naipaul set in wartime Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Naipaul wrote it while employed at the BBC using a BBC typewriter and "rustle-free paper."^[1]

Miguel Street won the 1961 Somerset Maugham Award.

Plot Summary

The fourth fiction work by Naipaul, the book consists of several stories, each one dealing with a colorful depiction of a single character living on the Miguel Street in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

The main characters include Bogart (named after Humphrey Bogart), Hat, Popo, George, Elias, an assiduous boy, Man-man, Eddoes, a junk king, Mrs. Hereira, Uncle Bhakcu, Bolo, and Edward.

References

↑ Gillian Dooley (2006). V.S. Naipaul, man and writer. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 16. ISBN 1-57003-587-3.

v t e Works by V. S. Naipaul

Novels	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

Non-fiction	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: An Islamic Journey Finding the Centre Reading and Writing: A Personal Account A Turn in the South India: A Million Mutinies Now Bombay Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples Between Father and Son: Family Letters The Writer and the World: Essays Literary Occasions: Essays A Writer's People: Ways of Looking and Feeling

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