tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post115948268394163243..comments2024-03-29T05:13:18.992+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: "Manpower-Export"Labanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1159558392406373032006-09-29T19:33:00.000+00:002006-09-29T19:33:00.000+00:00I too read it in the Eighties. V S Naipaul is a b...I too read it in the Eighties. V S Naipaul is a brilliant man. The first book I ever read of his was 'A House for Mr Biswas' and I was hooked.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to reread it, too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1159545689526662552006-09-29T16:01:00.000+00:002006-09-29T16:01:00.000+00:00"Among the Believers" is an amazingly prescient bo..."Among the Believers" is an amazingly prescient book. I read it in the 80s and, until this year, forgot all about it and then reread it. I'm amazed that V S Naipaul hasn't been fatwa-ed. Of course, William Dalrymple is a critic and damns Naipaul for being "too negative" about islam so VSN must be getting something right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com