V.S. Naipaul 1932-2018. A powerful novelist who at his best (A House for Mr. Biswas, Bend in the River) approached Conrad and even the shadow of Dickens. Of the man himself, it's perhaps best to remain silent.
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Plus inveterate wife/lover/prostitute beater. Plus great writer.
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You should read the "authorized biography", The World Is What It Is, by Patrick French. It is devastating.
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I provide a summary of the salient facts here: https://newrepublic.com/minutes/150623/vs-naipaul-towering-writer-deeply-flawed-man-dead …
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