Written by V.S. Naipaul, and first published by André Deutsch in 1967, and then again by Penguin Books in 1969, A Flag on the Island is a collection of short stories, including outtakes from previous novels such as "The Enemy", from Miguel Street and pieces published in periodicals in England or the United States. The book is composed of a series of short stories, followed by a much longer one, the title story, "A Flag on the Island". The book is dedicated to Diana Athill. In this story, Naipaul uses the character of Vahishka Jameela, an elderly woman in the narrator's neighborhood often... called "Aunt Gold Teeth" due to her gold teeth, to showcase the idea that British colonials have helped many natives of Trinidad. In the story, Aunt Gold Teeth loses her job as a receptionist after refusing to clean up her boss' son's vomit when the latter got drunk and threw up all over the office floor. She subsequently is forced to become a maid for a rich and influential British family in the neighborhood. Mr.
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