V.S. Naipaul (2nd ed)

This revised and updated introduction to the novels and non fiction of V.S.

Naipaul is aimed at students, specialists and general readers.

Chronological chapters examine the structure, significance and development of Naipaul's writing, setting the texts in their autobiographical, philosophical, social and political, colonial and post-colonial contexts.

New chapters in the second edition include an expanded biographical introduction and discussion of the novels "A Way in the World" and "Half a Life", Naipaul's writings on Islam, and the criticism of Naipaul by writers and post-colonial theorists.