French, Patrick,  1966- <br/><br/>
The world is what it is :  the authorized biography of V.S. Naipaul / 
 World's what it is 
Patrick French. 
 - 1st U.S. ed. 
 - New York :  Alfred A. Knopf,  2008. 
 - xvi, 554 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-532) and index. 
<br/><br/> Details the life of V. S. Naipaul--Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul--a twentieth-century Trinidadian-born British author, and describes his childhood in colonial Trinidad, scholarship to Oxford, personal relationships, highlights from his professional career, and more. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400044054 (trade) 1400044057 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008006988 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Naipaul, V. S. 1932- <br/>Naipaul, V. S. 1932- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authors, Trinidadian--20th century--Biography.<br/>Trinidadian authors--Biography.<br/>Authors--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR9272.9.N32  / Z69 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823/.914  B