A House for Mr Biswas

'A House for Mr. Biswas can be seen as the struggle of a man not naturally rebellious, but in whom rebellion is inspired by the forces of ritual, myth and custom ... Though he has married into the family [the Tulsis], Mr. Biswas remains an outsider and refuses to follow the family in their habitual devotions; he won't be recruited, and he has a perfect terror of being enslaved. ........' Cover.