The Mystic Masseur (novel)
 First edition cover | |
| Author | V. S. Naipaul |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Contemporary fiction |
| Publisher | André Deutsch |
Publication date | 1957 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 215 |
The Mystic Masseur is a comic novel by V. S. Naipaul. It is set in colonial Trinidad and was published in London in 1957.
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.
Publication and critical reception
The publisher André Deutsch encouraged Naipaul to write a novel after seeing the manuscript of his collection of short stories, Miguel Street.[1]
The Mystic Masseur won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1958.
Film
The novel was the first by Naipaul to be filmed. The 2001 film adaptation, The Mystic Masseur, is a Merchant Ivory production.[2]
References
- ↑ French, Patrick (2008), The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul, New York: Alfred Knopf, ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1
- ↑ The Mystic Masseur at the Internet Movie Database
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