Originally posted on This Beach Called Life - aka_lol's blog:
My version of B.C vs. V.S
B.C – Sir V.S, I understand that even as we speak there is good-sized mob is burning an effigy of V.S. Naipaul in the car park. How do you respond?
V.S – Mimic Men!
B.C – But Sir, are you not a least bit disturbed by this vile and grotesque action?
V.S – No, and I am actually pro-effigy burning. I might even have said so in one of my books, but I don’t have them all in my head. It’s a lot safer than burning the author, when you think about it.
B.C. – Why would anyone want to burn an effigy of you?
V.S – Ignorance and stupidity can make people do the strangest things; look at politicians. I think people who have never read or understood my work want to burn me. But then there is the intellectual set who think…
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Published on April 13, 2014 23:11