TY - BOOK ID - 137478816 TI - The world is what it is : the authorized biography of V.S. Naipaul PY - 2008 SN - 9780330455985 0330455982 PB - London Picador DB - UniCat KW - Authors, Trinidadian KW - Naipaul, V. S. KW - Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137478816 AB - "V. S. Naipaul is the most compelling literary figure of the last fifty years. Producing, uniquely, masterpieces of both fiction and non-fiction, his is a gift born of a forceful, visionary impulse. With great feeling for his formidable body of work, and exclusive access to his private papers and personal recollections, Patrick French has produced a luminous and astonishing account of this enigmatic genius." "Researched with the full cooperation of its Nobel prize-winning subject, Patrick French traces with a sympathetic brilliance and devastating insight the roots of V.S. Naipaul's unparalleled gift, in what will become a landmark in biography."--Jacket. ER -