TY - BOOK N2 - This authorized study of Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul examines his difficult early life as a child of Indian parents in colonial Trinidad, his Oxford education, the depression that marked his life in England, his complex personal life and romantic relationships, and his pursuit of becoming a great writer. AB - This authorized study of Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul examines his difficult early life as a child of Indian parents in colonial Trinidad, his Oxford education, the depression that marked his life in England, his complex personal life and romantic relationships, and his pursuit of becoming a great writer. T1 - The world is what it is :the authorized biography of V.S. Naipaul / DA - c2008. CY - New York : AU - French, Patrick, ET - 1st U.S. ed. CN - PR9272.9.N32 CN - PR9272.9.N32 PB - Alfred A. Knopf, PP - New York : PY - c2008. ID - 331817 KW - Authors, Trinidadian KW - Nobel Prize winners SN - 9781400044054 SN - 1400044057 TI - The world is what it is :the authorized biography of V.S. Naipaul / LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008006988-b.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008006988-d.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008006988-s.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008006988-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008006988-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008006988-s.html ER -