"Apprentice pieces": Miguel Street, The mystic masseur, and The suffrage of Elvira
Fiction versus nonfiction : a house for Mr Biswas
The journeys begin: The Middle Passage, An area of darkness, and The loss of El Dorado
Branching out: Mr Stone and the knights companion, The mimic men, and A flag on the island
Finding the correct form: In a free state
Sex and violence: Guerrillas and A bend in the river
Investigations abroad: middle-period nonfiction
A definition of the writing self: The enigma of arrival
Capturing the reality: later travel books
Three novels: A way in the world, Half a life, and Magic seeds.
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V.S. Naipaul, man and writer by Gillian Dooley. ISBN 9781570035876. Published by University of South Carolina Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
