V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a scholarship in 1950. He spent four years at University College, Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 1954. He pursued no other ...

Subsequent roles alongside Patrick Swayze in Roland Joffe's City of Joy, in the Merchant-Ivory production of VS Naipaul's book Mystic Masseur and as the lead in The Terrorist, based on the ...

"By 1972, sixteen years after his first book, 'The Mystic Masseur', Vidia had compiled a body of work that merited at least a nomination for the Nobel Prize," she writes about her illustrious brother ...

Naipaul was awarded the Nobel in 2001. In awarding him the prize, the Swedish Academy praised him for 'having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see ...

There's a lot to learn from the unlikely success of “Ted Lasso,” the hit Apple TV+ show featuring Jason Sudekis as its ...

Indeed, throughout the decades, plenty of books — some highly acclaimed, some much more obscure — have been taken by filmmakers and transformed into some of the greatest motion pictures in ...

By Dave Kim The celebrity chef’s second children’s book, “Billy and the Epic Escape,” faced accusations that it stereotyped First Nations people in Australia. By Ali Watkins Our ...

Folk tales and beloved characters from cultures around the globe can are celebrated in popular books for young readers. Test your knowledge of them with this short quiz. The celebrity chef’s ...

V S Naipaul hasn’t been well. Feeling more comfortable with Indian doctors and medical provision than with the National Health Service, he has been in New Delhi for several months for treatment and ...

Savi Naipaul's memoir, 'The Naipauls of Nepaul Street', published by Speaking Tiger Books, delves into the extraordinary life and times of the Naipaul family in Trinidad. For two decades, they lived ...

A new book outlining a prominent 19th century immigrant couple’s separation has been newly translated into a book by two St.

The latest from the chronicler of urban grit known for “Lush Life” and “Clockers” — as well as writing on “The Wire” TV series — is set in 2008 in East Harlem, where a five-story ...