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Title: I improved my vocabulary from reading Biswas
Review: The book is tedious, boring, hilarious and thoroughly absorbing. I first came across the novel 30 years ago when I was a private English tutor and had to teach it to this secondary school student who was more interested in football and girls.I can't recall a single thing about the book now except the word "insuranburn" (i.e. to insure and burn). Biswas was advised that an easy way to make money was to insure his house or shop, burn it and collect the insurance payout.I must check out the public library to get a copy of this book to re-read, and check whether my spelling of that word is correct.
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