World Is What It Is The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul

Name: World Is What It Is The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul
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ISBN: 9781400079803

ISBN-10: 1400079802

ISBN-13: 9781400079803

Edition: 2009

Authors: Patrick French

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List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/3/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.21" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Introduction






The New World



In the Lion House



"Like Oliver Twist in the Workhouse"



To the Mother Country



"De Portu Hispaniensi in Trinitatis Insula"



"I Love You, My Dear Pat"



To the Empty House



"They Want Me to Know My Place"



"Something Rich Like Chocolate"



Back to the New World



"He Asked for IO Gns!!"



"There Wasn't Any Kind Remark"






The Homecoming



"Lovely Vogue, Just Bought"



The Schintsky Method



The World



"With the Aid of a Cutlass Blade"



Margarita



England and Argentina



The Marriage of Mandrax and Valium



"I Want to Win and Win and Win"



A House for Mr. Naipaul



"Undoing My Semi-Colons"



Arise, Sir Vidia



The Second Lady Naipaul


Acknowledgements


Notes


Index