One thing I could've said more about is how the caste-pride of Naipaul's family morphed easily into Naipaul's desire to be a pseudo-English-aristocrat: Sir Vida, as he became after the Queen knighted him.
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Naipaul's gloom, rage & violence always had a strong element of self-hatred.
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The literary society Naipaul struggled to join was rancid. "That clever little n***** Naipaul has won another literary prize," Evelyn Waugh complained in early 1960s. "Oh for a black face." Naipaul would turn around and apply the same language to black writers.
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flawed is an understatement
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Thank you Jeer, for saying what I could not as eloquently as you.
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Really well done.
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thank you
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Don't you think the moment he dies (furthermore he has no children), none of this - in your article - matters? All that's left are the books, and yes they are towering.
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