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Patrick French (1966–2023)

Teoksen The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul tekijä

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Includes the name: Patrick French

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Granta 125: After the War (2013) — Avustaja — 82 kappaletta
Make Believe: A True Story (1993) — Johdanto, eräät painokset46 kappaletta
Slightly Foxed 62: One Man and his Pigs (2019) — Avustaja — 15 kappaletta

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Syntymäaika
1966-03-05
Kuolinaika
2023-03-16
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
UK
Kuolinsyy
cancer
Koulutus
University of Edinburgh (literature)
Ammatit
historian
biographer
academic

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A wide-ranging and informative book.
 
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sfj2 | 8 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Nov 28, 2023 |
Very, very clearly an outstanding biography. Superb detail blended with the author’s informed opinions turn this into a pure gold mine for anyone interested in the man, the times, the Great Game, India, or free-thinking. Written with a passion rarely seen in an author today and twas his first book! I’m reading more Patrick French! I have been carrying this book with me now for about 8 years, finally read it in Malta, and glad I did. Finished 19.03.20.
 
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untraveller | 1 muu arvostelu | Mar 19, 2020 |
What a shitbag! Naipaul thrives on being a controversialist. This is sage. The author finds the soft areas in our hypocrisies about race and nation states. Naipaul exploits such. Quoting Mr. French, Naipaul's prose remains pellucid. His incorporation of these anxieties is an achievement. The Nobel Laureate's manipulation of such is well past the suspect.

I have yet to broach the personal life of Vidia. Not to wax sensationalist, I couldn’t make up this shit.
 
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jonfaith | 9 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 22, 2019 |

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