The mystic masseur: a novel
"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." -...
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| Language: | English |
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Vintage Books
2002
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| Edition: | 1. Vintage Internat. ed. |
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| Summary: | "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." -- Back cover. |
| Physical Description: | VII, 207 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780375707148 037570714X |
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