
Letters Between a Father and Son
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
In 1950, V. S. Naipaul travelled from Trinidad to England to take up a place at Oxford University. Over the next few years, letters passed back and forth between Naipaul and his family – particularly his beloved father Seepersad, but also his mother and siblings. The result is a fascinating chronicle of Naipaul’s time at university; the love of writing...
Details
352 pages
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Rare and precious . . . if any modern writer was going to breathe a last gasp into the epistolary tradition, it was always likely to be V. S. Naipaul.New Statesman
A very moving book.James Wood, London Review of Books
A fascinating psychological narrative.The Times