The world is what it is the authorized biography of V.S. Naipaul

With great feeling for Naipaul's formidable body of work, French has produced a luminous account of the most compelling literary figure of the last 50 years. He describes how depression struck with great force, and the ways in which Naipaul's first wife helped him to cope with his double e...

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Main Author: French, Patrick 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Picador 2009.
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