The Mystic Masseur Nobel Prized Author V.S. Naipaul Dies at 85
Portrait by Paul Emsley at the National Portrait Gallery
The World is What it is – (The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul, Patrick French, 2008 – reviewed by Agog)
VS Naipaul, Nobel prize-winning British author, dies aged 85.
Ian Buruma on Naipaul (the Poet of the Displaced)
V.S.Naipaul wiki
5 things Probably Didn’t know about V.S.Naipaul
1) He had a nervous breakdown while studying at Oxford, and spent all his money on a trip to Spain
2)He wrote his first story collection in five weeks (read more from the above link)
V.S.Naipal and Harold Pinter here.
Kureishi Novel echoes Life of V. S.Naipaul
INTERVIEWER
Do you ever wonder what would have become of you if you had stayed in Trinidad?
NAIPAUL
I would have killed myself. A friend of mine did—out of stress, I think. He was a boy of mixed race. A lovely boy, and very bright. It was a great waste.
INTERVIEWER
Is he the boy that you mention in the introduction to A House for Mr. Biswas?
NAIPAUL
Yes, he is the boy I had in mind. We shared an admiration for each other. His death was terrible.
MYSTIC MASSEUR, Ayesha Dharker, Om Puri, 2001(c) Think Film. . Merchant Ivory production..
story by V.S. Naipal.
Om Puri in Mystic Masseur