V. S. Naipaul vs. Anthony Burgess

Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers

V. S. Naipaul

1932 – 2018

Literature

United Kingdom

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer renowned for his work of fiction and nonfiction in English. He is known for his comic early novels set in Trinidad, his bleaker novels of alienation in the wider world, and his vigilant chronicles of life and travels. He wrote in prose that was widely admired, but his views sometimes aroused controversy.

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