 | A House for Mr Biswas by V S Naipaul
Buy new: £5.40 / Used from: £1.39 This was the first book of Naiapul's I read, back in the mid 60s and I have read everything of his since. Mr Biswas is a tragic-comic Everyman".
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 | The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul by Patrick French
Buy new: £13.49 / Used from: £0.01 Though it stops in 1996, one couldn't wish for a more fascinating portrait of the complex and controversial VSN.
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 | A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul
Buy new: £4.84 / Used from: £2.07 A dark, gripping story - every word counts - set in Africa yet taking on a universal significance.
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 | The Enigma of Arrival by V.S. Naipaul
Buy new: £5.72 / Used from: £1.01 Naipaul has never written the same book twice. I love this one for its Hardy-like evocation of the English countryside. Naipaul is perceptive, poetic and precise.
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 | Sir Vidia's Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents by Paul Theroux
Buy used from: £0.01 Written as an act of vengeance, this is in fact a rich portrait of Sir Vidia, providing you don't take everything at face value!
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 | Among the Believers: An Islamist Journey by V. S. Naipaul
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.29 This is the best possible guide to the problems of Islam. Naipaul's eye for detail and his characterisation are outstanding.
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 | Miguel Street (Caribbean Writers Series) by V.S. Naipaul
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.50 Very early Naipaul and what a sense of humour he has! In short episodes he already shows the feel for characterisation and witty dialogue he was to develop in "Mr Biswas".
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 | Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion by V.S. Naipaul
Buy used from: £0.01 A charming short novel. One of Naipaul's earliest and quite belying the view that Sir Vidia is grouchy and humourless.
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 | In A Free State : by V. S. Naipaul
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 The fear the characters feel in an African country at the mercy of rebel armies has significance for the West too.
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 | India: A Million Mutinies by V.S. Naipaul
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 Naipaul is a great stylist - every word is so precise - and a great story-teller: each sentence adds to the narrative. He also has the art of getting people to talk, clarifying a very complex topic.
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 | Guerrillas by V. S. Naipaul
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £5.49 Based on a true story which took place in Cuba, this is the gripping and terrifying story of a 'liberated' woman who trifled with terrorists.
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