VS Naipaul, Fiery Novelist And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 85

VS Naipaul or Sir Vidia, as he was sometimes known after being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990, faced accusations of racism, sexism, chauvinism and Islamophobia.

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VS Naipaul, Fiery Novelist And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 85

"If a writer doesn't generate hostility," VS Naipaul once said, "he is dead"