books read in 2016 - 2017: miguel street by v. s. naipaul A stranger could drive through Miguel Stre

books read in 2016 - 2017: miguel street by v. s. naipaul

A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say “Slum!” because he could see no more. But we who lived there saw our street as a world, where everybody was quite different from everybody else. Mam-man was mad; George was stupid; Big Foot was a bully; hat was an adventurer; Popo was a philosopher; and Morgan was our comedian.