The world is what it is : the authorized biography of V.S. Naipaul / Patrick French.
2008
PR9272.9.N32 Z69 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
The world is what it is : the authorized biography of V.S. Naipaul / Patrick French.
Author
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
ISBN
9781400044054
1400044057
1400044057
Publication Details
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2008.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 554 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
PR9272.9.N32 Z69 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
823/.914 B
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-532) and index.
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