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1973 novel by Shiva Naipaul
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The Chip-Chip Gatherers is a novel by Shiva Naipaul originally published in 1973 by Andre Deutsch. It was reprinted in a new edition as a Penguin Twentieth Century Classic in 1997. It is a comic story following a cast of colourful Hindu and Muslim characters of Indian descent in a large village in Trinidad. It won the Whitbread Award.

References

  1. Chaudhuri, Amit (23 March 2012). "Rereading: Fireflies and The Chip-Chip Gatherers by Shiva Naipaul". the Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2024.


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