Between Father and Son (Signed Edition): Family Letters - Hardcover

"An extraordinary rich correspondence." -"The New York Times Book Review
""A telling portrait of the artist as a young man [and] a fascinating map to the autobiographical underpinnings of what is arguably Mr. Naipaul's finest novel, "A House for Mr. Biswas.""- Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times
""A narrative that never palls: We are enthralled as by a compelling epistolary novel."- "The Washington Post Book World
""Shocking...Captivating...The Naipaul family letters speak eloquently of loneliness and deracination, but at the heart of the book is a very moving story about becoming a writer."- "The Boston Globe"

An extraordinary rich correspondence. "The New York Times Book Review
""A telling portrait of the artist as a young man [and] a fascinating map to the autobiographical underpinnings of what is arguably Mr. Naipaul's finest novel, "A House for Mr. Biswas.""- Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times
""A narrative that never palls: We are enthralled as by a compelling epistolary novel."- "The Washington Post Book World
""Shocking...Captivating...The Naipaul family letters speak eloquently of loneliness and deracination, but at the heart of the book is a very moving story about becoming a writer."- "The Boston Globe""

An extraordinary rich correspondence. The New York Times Book Review
"A telling portrait of the artist as a young man [and] a fascinating map to the autobiographical underpinnings of what is arguably Mr. Naipaul's finest novel, A House for Mr. Biswas."- Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"A narrative that never palls: We are enthralled as by a compelling epistolary novel."- The Washington Post Book World
"Shocking...Captivating...The Naipaul family letters speak eloquently of loneliness and deracination, but at the heart of the book is a very moving story about becoming a writer."- The Boston Globe

V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He went to England on a scholarship in 1950. After four years at Oxford he began to write, and since then he has followed no other profession. He is the author of more than twenty books of fiction and nonfiction and the recipient of numerous honors, including the Booker Prize in 1971 and a knighthood for services to literature n 1990. He lives in Wiltshire, England.