After Mr. Biswas's marriage, he moves into the Tulsi family home, Hanuman House, in the small city of Arwacas.
Determined to make his own way in life, Mr. Biswas goes to work as a journalist in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad.
The Tulsi family has a traditional communal lifestyle at Hanuman House. The household includes many of the family's fourteen sisters, their husbands and children. Life centers on the two young Tulsi sons, who are pampered by their mother, Mrs. Tulsi.
Mr. Biswas purchases a typewriter shortly after moving to Port of Spain. He is determined to earn a fortune writing for American and English magazines. While the ambition is soon thwarted by cultural differences, the typewriter remains. During one spate of home improvements, Mr. Biswas paints most.....
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