{"product_id":"in-a-free-state","title":"In a Free State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eIn a Free State is a novel by V. S. Naipaul that was awarded the Booker Prize in 1971. It is about two Indian servants, one in Washington and the other in London, who are trying to build a new life in a harsh, unfamiliar world. The novel explores the desperation and heartbreak of displacement and the struggles of those who are trying to make a home in their new surroundings. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 20 February 2020\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Booker Prize in 1971, In a Free State is one of Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul's many towering literary achievements. It is a story of the desperation and heartbreak we find in those who are displaced and who try, often in vain, to make a home in their new surroundings. Frightening, disquieting, and merciless, this is one of Naipaul's greatest novels: fraught but full of pity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young Indian servant in Washington and an Asian West Indian in London are both far from home and desperately trying to build a new life in a deeply unfamiliar world. In between them lies the landscape of an unnamed country, a brutal place reminiscent of Idi Amin's Uganda. This central story is about those who once thought of Africa as liberating but now find themselves in an increasingly harsher reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Booker Prize in 1971, In a Free State is one of Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul's many towering literary achievements. It is a story of the desperation and heartbreak we find in those who are displaced and who try, often in vain, to make a home in their new surroundings. Frightening, disquieting, and merciless, this is one of Naipaul's greatest novels: fraught but full of pity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 230g\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 196 x 131 x 19 (mm)\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781529014051\n                            \n                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"V. S. Naipaul","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44100660166906,"sku":"9781529014051","price":7.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/7f6f3c17416970d3b06d232d6ee1dfa2.jpg?v=1627094195","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/in-a-free-state","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}