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 was "not a superb album but it's a helluva lot better than "War All the Time"." It reached #20 on the Billboard 200. A month after its release, the album had sold over 81,000 copies. By July, it had sold 90,000 copies. By April 2007, it had sold 132,000 copies. All music by Thursday, all lyrics by Geoff Rickly. Personnel per booklet. Thursday Additional musicians Production Citations Sources A City by the Light Divided A City by the Light Divided is the fourth studio album by Thursday, released by Island Records on May 2, 2006. Following a number of issues