The Mystic Masseur's Wife Lina Wolff and translated by Saskia Vogel Rosie Larner

Rosie Larner

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The Mystic Masseur's Wife Lina Wolff and translated by Saskia Vogel Rosie LarnerAt the end of V. S. Naipauls satire on Hindu life in Trinidad, The Mystic Masseur, the protagonist, Ganesh Ramsumair, caps his rise to fame as a colonial politician, by transforming himself into an English gentleman, G. Ramsay Muir, and heading off to England. In Naipauls novel, Ganeshs wife, Leela, plays a very secondary, indeed recessive role, though there are occasional clues that she has a clearer grasp of reality than her husband. In the hidden