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Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was born of Indian ancestry in Chaguanas, Trinidad on August 17, 1932. He was educated at University College, Oxford and lived in Great Britain since 1950. From 1954 to 1956, he edited a radio program on literature for the British Broadcasting Corporation's Caribbean Service. His first novel, The Mystic Masseur, was published in 1957. His other novels included A House for Mr. Biswas, A Bend in the River, Guerrillas, and Half a Life. In a Free State won the Booker Prize in 1971. He started writing nonfiction in the 1960s. His first nonfiction book, The Middle Passage, was published in 1962. His other nonfiction works included An Area of Darkness, Among the Believers, Beyond Belief, and A Turn in the South. He was knighted in 1990 and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. He died on August 11, 2018 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from A House for Mr Biswas… (more)
A House for Mr Biswas 3,302 copies, 64 reviews
A Bend in the River 3,090 copies, 57 reviews
Half a Life 1,438 copies, 24 reviews
In a Free State 1,085 copies, 26 reviews
The Enigma of Arrival 1,040 copies, 15 reviews
An Area of Darkness 811 copies, 16 reviews
India: A Million Mutinies Now 779 copies, 6 reviews
Miguel Street 730 copies, 15 reviews
The Mystic Masseur 686 copies, 13 reviews
A Way in the World 643 copies, 4 reviews
India: A Wounded Civilization 628 copies, 7 reviews
The Mimic Men 626 copies, 7 reviews
Guerrillas 623 copies, 4 reviews
Magic Seeds 550 copies, 7 reviews
A Turn in the South 547 copies, 10 reviews
Literary Occasions: Essays 272 copies, 3 reviews
The Return of Eva Peron 252 copies, 4 reviews
Finding the Center 191 copies, 5 reviews
The Overcrowded Barracoon 82 copies, 2 reviews
Vintage Naipaul 33 copies
Sacrifices 2 copies
Dolore 1 copy
Bim 1 copy
Points of View: Revised Edition (Contributor) 395 copies, 5 reviews
The Best of Modern Humor (Contributor) 283 copies, 2 reviews
Granta 57: India! The Golden Jubilee (Contributor) 192 copies
Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic (Contributor) 148 copies, 3 reviews
The Norton Book of Personal Essays (Contributor) 141 copies, 1 review
The Norton Book of Travel (Contributor) 108 copies, 1 review
The Picador Book of Journeys (Contributor) 51 copies
Trinidad Noir: The Classics (Contributor) 35 copies, 8 reviews
One World of Literature (Contributor) 23 copies
Naar huis (Contributor) 16 copies
Bombay: Gateway of India (Conversation with) 14 copies
Enjoying Stories (Contributor) 2 copies

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