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V.S. Naipaul
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born
August 17, 1932
in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago
gender
male
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A House for Mr Biswas
   3.75 avg rating — 3,807 ratings
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1961
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32 editions
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A Bend in the River
3.71 avg rating — 3,168 ratings
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1979
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34 editions
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Half a Life
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2001
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25 editions
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Miguel Street
3.87 avg rating — 799 ratings
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1974
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In a Free State
3.38 avg rating — 656 ratings
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1971
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The Mystic Masseur
3.45 avg rating — 630 ratings
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1957
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Among the Believers : An Islamic Journey
3.76 avg rating — 526 ratings
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2003
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An Area of Darkness
3.56 avg rating — 362 ratings
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1964
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The Enigma of Arrival
3.66 avg rating — 401 ratings
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1987
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Guerrillas
3.28 avg rating — 358 ratings
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1975
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“The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.”
― V.S. Naipaul, In a Free State
― V.S. Naipaul, In a Free State
“The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.”
― V.S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River
― V.S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River
“It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling...”
― V.S. Naipaul, Magic Seeds
― V.S. Naipaul, Magic Seeds
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| The Seasonal Read...: Geography Lessons | 98 | 338 | Oct 10, 2009 07:10pm | |
| Caribbean Authors: Puerto Rico - Trinidad & Tobago | 3 | 59 | Nov 06, 2009 03:59am | |
| Literary Fiction ...: The Root Rewrites the Western Canon | 13 | 50 | Nov 22, 2009 01:19pm | |
| The Seasonal Read...: * Spring Challenge 2010 Tasks | 6 | 1151 | Feb 26, 2010 07:44pm | |
| The Seasonal Read...: 30.6 (Donna Jo's Task - As Suggested By Liz Brooklyn - Character References) | 117 | 266 | May 11, 2010 02:21pm | |
| The Seasonal Read...: Spring Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks | 2750 | 2216 | May 31, 2010 09:00pm | |
| The World's Liter...: Brazil... Peru...Asia Pacific... | 10 | 37 | Dec 17, 2010 09:40am | |
| UK Book Club: Zoe's List | 20 | 88 | Jan 06, 2011 05:33am | |
| Reading with Style: RwS Completed Tasks - Winter | 715 | 274 | Mar 01, 2011 09:19am | |
| Terminalcoffee: VS Naipul: Women Writers Suck | 9 | 29 | Jun 02, 2011 10:16am |
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