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The Mystic Masseur

by V. S. Naipaul

Cover of The Mystic Masseur
Popularity 40

"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.

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