Half a Life (novel) Half a Life (novel) Half a Life is a 2001 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul published by Alfred A. Knopf. The novel is set in India, Africa and Europe (London, Berlin and Portugal). "Half a Life" was long listed for the Man Booker prize (2001). Willie Somerset Chandran is the son of a Brahmin father and a Dalit mother. His father gave him his middle name as a homage to the English writer Somerset Maugham who had visited the father in the temple where the father was living under a vow of silence. Having come to despise his
A City by the Light Divided additional vocals on "We Will Overcome". In mid-February, recording was finished and the album was in the process of being mixed by Fridmann. Tom Coyne mastered the album at Sterling sound, in New York City. On February 5, 2006, "A City by the Light Divided" was announced for release in May. In mid-February, the group were working on ideas for a music vide for "Counting 5-4-3-2-1" with production companies Refused TV and Artificial Army. The song was made available for streaming on February 28. From mid March to the beginning of April, the band went on the first leg of