The Mystic Masseur By V.S.Naipaul

This is my first experience with Naipaul and the novel happens to be one of his first novel. He wrote it long before his claim to the Nobel prize, when he was just 25.



















The book is about a Tridadian mystic (or a wannabe mystic) Ganesh Ramsumair. It is a funny narration about the Indian obsession for mystics and one educated yet lazy fellows rise from a struggling teacher to a mystic to a minister.

Naipaul has a way with words. And for the story - a quick and easy read.