The World Is What It Is

The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. The biography has been extensively reviewed.[1][2][3][4] including by his former acolyte Paul Theroux.[5]

The biography was selected by the editors of the New York Times Book Review as one of the Times' 10 Best Books of 2008.[6] It won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography.

References

  1. ↑ Packer, George (21 November 2008). "A Life Split in Two". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  2. ↑ Massie, Allan. "Living for Literature". Literary Review. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  3. ↑ Hussein, Aamer (4 April 2008). "The enigma of survival". The Independent. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  4. ↑ Carey, John (30 March 2008). "The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of VS Naipaul by Patrick French". Times Online. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  5. ↑ Paul Theroux (April 6, 2008). "Paul Theroux claims new biography reveals the true monster in V S Naipaul". Times Online. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
  6. ↑ "The 10 Best Books of 2008". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2008.