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Book Description: New York: Everyman's Library/ Knopf, 1995. First edition of the Everyman's Library reissue of the author's most well-known work. Octavo. Original red cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. "For sheer abundance of talent there can hardly be a writer alive who surpasses V.S. Naipaul. Whatever we may want in a novelist is to be found in his books: an almost Conradian gift for tensing a story, a serious involvement with human issues, a supple English prose, a hard-edged wit, a personal vision of things.[He is] the world's writer, a master of language and perception" (The New York Times Book Review). Listed on both Modern Library and Time's 100 great novels of the twentieth century. Bookseller Inventory # 2188

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Book Description: New York: McGraw Hill, 1961. First American edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. Very near fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear to the extremities. "For sheer abundance of talent there can hardly be a writer alive who surpasses V.S. Naipaul. Whatever we may want in a novelist is to be found in his books: an almost Conradian gift for tensing a story, a serious involvement with human issues, a supple English prose, a hard-edged wit, a personal vision of things.[He is] the world's writer, a master of language and perception. (The New York Times Book Review). Listed on both Modern Library and Time's 100 great novels of the twentieth century. Bookseller Inventory # 2783

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Book Description: London: Andre Deutsch, 1961. First edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. Some foxing to the page edges, a very good copy in the dust jacket that shows some chips to the crown and foot of the spine. "For sheer abundance of talent there can hardly be a writer alive who surpasses V.S. Naipaul. Whatever we may want in a novelist is to be found in his books: an almost Conradian gift for tensing a story, a serious involvement with human issues, a supple English prose, a hard-edged wit, a personal vision of things.[He is] the world's writer, a master of language and perception. (The New York Times Book Review). Listed on both Modern Library and Time's 100 great novels of the twentieth century. Bookseller Inventory # 2532

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Book Description: London: Andre Deutsch, 1961. First edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. Some foxing to the page edges, otherwise near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small chip to the crown and foot of the spine. "For sheer abundance of talent there can hardly be a writer alive who surpasses V.S. Naipaul. Whatever we may want in a novelist is to be found in his books: an almost Conradian gift for tensing a story, a serious involvement with human issues, a supple English prose, a hard-edged wit, a personal vision of things.[He is] the world's writer, a master of language and perception. (The New York Times Book Review). Listed on both Modern Library and Time's 100 great novels of the twentieth century. Bookseller Inventory # 2909

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