V. S. Naipaul

This introductory study offers a critical overview of the major works of V. S. Naipaul from 1950 to the present day. Professor Mustafa's main concern is with literary issues, but historical, political and cultural questions are also addressed, with comparative references to other postcolonial works. In examining the reception of Naipaul's writing, Mustafa introduces general debates about postcolonial literary production and its contemporary interrogation of narrative techniques, language, gender, race and canon formulation.

• The only up-to-date account of the work of major world author
• Market in postcolonial studies as well as on literature courses
• Fourth title in successful Cambridge Studies in African and Caribbean Literature series