A stunning novel of the present moment that takes us into the
hearts and minds of those who use terrorism as an ideal and a way
of life, and those who aspire to the frightening power of wealth.
Abandoning a life he felt was not his own, Willie Chandran (the
hero of Half a Life) moves to Berlin where his sister's radical
political awakening inspires him to join a liberation movement in
India. There, in the jungles and dirt-poor small villages, through
months of secrecy and night marches, Willie -- a solitary, inward
man -- discovers both the idealism and brutality of guerilla
warfare. When he finally escapes the movement, he is imprisoned for
the murder of three policemen. Released unexpectedly on condition
he return to England, he attempts to climb back into life in the
West, but his experience of wealth, love and despair in London only
bedevils him further.
Magic Seeds is a moving tale of a man searching for his life and
fearing he has wasted it, and a testing study of the conflicts
between the rich and the poor, and the struggles within each. Its
spare, elegant prose sizzles with devastating psychological
analysis, bleak humour and astonishing characters. Only V. S.
Naipaul could have written a novel so attuned to the world and so
much a challenge to it.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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