TITLE:
The world is what it is : the authorized biography of V.S. Naipaul / Patrick French.
Publication Date:
2008
Publication Information:
Toronto : Viking Canada,
Physical Description:
555 p. : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-533) and index.
Summary:
Beginning with a richly detailed portrait of Naipaul’s childhood in Trinidad, Patrick French gives us the boy born to an Indian family who wins a scholarship to Oxford at the age of 17. London in the 1950s offers his first literary success, but homesickness almost defeats Vidia, his narrow escape aided by Patricia Hale, an English woman who will stand by him for 4 decades, even as he embarks on a 24-year love affair which will feed his dizzying creativity.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780670045297
