Satire & the Postcolonial Novel V.S. Naipaul, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie

Satire plays a prominent and often controversial role in postcolonial fictions. Satire and the Postcolonial Novel offers the first study of this topic, employing the insights of postcolonial comparative theories to revisit Western formulations of 'satire' and the 'satiric'. Through the varying lenses provided by satire's relation to irony, allegory, narrative and the grotesque, this book offers new readings of important novels by V.S. Naipaul (Trinidad), Chinua Achebe (Nigeria) and Salman Rushdie (India). It presents a detailed study of the complex and multidirectional ways satire has engaged with the history and messy aftermath of empire.Ball, John Clement is the author of 'Satire & the Postcolonial Novel V.S. Naipaul, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie', published 2003 under ISBN 9780415965934 and ISBN 0415965934.