The World Is What It Is
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The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul
by Patrick French
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The biography has been extensively reviewed. including by his former acolyte Paul Theroux
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The biography was selected by the editors of the New York Times Book Review as one of the Times' 10 Best Books of 2008. It won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award
in Biography.
V. S. Naipaul
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad "V. S." Naipaul, TC is a Nobel prize-winning Indo-Trinidadian-British writer who is known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire's colonialism...
by Patrick French
Patrick French
Patrick French is a British writer and historian, based in London. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh where he studied English and American literature....
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The biography has been extensively reviewed. including by his former acolyte Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux
Paul Edward Theroux is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best known work of travel writing is perhaps The Great Railway Bazaar . He has also published numerous works of fiction, some of which were made into feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his...
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The biography was selected by the editors of the New York Times Book Review as one of the Times' 10 Best Books of 2008. It won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award
National Book Critics Circle Award
The National Book Critics Circle Award is an annual award given by the National Book Critics Circle to promote the finest books and reviews published in English....
in Biography.